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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine

May 28, 2023

Kizzy Corbett – Wikipedia

HURDLE MILLS, North Carolina — A Black woman from North Carolina will go down in history for leading the effort to solve the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a research fellow and scientific lead at the National Institute of Health, is on the frontlines working with a team of scientists, studying Moderna’s vaccine, one of the two COVID-19 vaccines shown to be effective by more than 90 percent. FOR MORE

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