How this 'little ole girl' from North Carolina became a lead Covid-19 vaccine developer

Posted Apr 10, 2022
She’s a globally renowned scientist and Covid-19 vaccine developer, yet Kizzmekia Corbett, Ph.D., modestly describes herself as a “little ole girl” from a small North Carolina town. Growing up, she saw firsthand the health challenges that proliferated in the Black community. She went on to obtain her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology from UNC. (MSNBC)

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