Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett (Credit: American Society for Microbiology) WASHINGTON - Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, an African-American scientist, is garnering praise for her crucial work on one of the coronavirus vaccines that will play an important role in turning the tide of the crippling, historic global COVID-19 pandemic.Corbett, 34, works as a viral immunologist at the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Vaccine Research Center (VRC).
Her specialty is developing novel coronavirus vaccines, including mRNA-127, which targets the novel coronavirus. Corbett’s team designed the vaccine that Moderna submitted to the U.S.