Kizzmekia Corbett News & Bio
| Name: | Kizzmekia Corbett | | Hometown: | Hillsborough, NC | | High School: | Orange | | Born: | January 26, 1986 (38) | | Notes: | Immunologist, COVID-19 Vaccine Development |
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UNC celebrates class of 2021 with in-person Commencement ceremoniesUNC hosted five in-person Commencement ceremonies for the class of 2021 last weekend at Kenan Stadium. They were separated by major and followed COVID-19 guidelines...
Sat May 22, 2021
Meet Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, The Viral Immunologist And UNC Alum Who Co-Developed The Moderna VaccineGrowing up in Hillsborough, NC, Kizzmekia Corbett became a scientist at age 16. She hadn’t known that Black scientists existed until she met one during...
Sun Mar 28, 2021
Dr. Fauci among UNC-Chapel Hill’s spring commencement speakers
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health and the chief medical advisor...
Thu Mar 4, 2021
UNC grad Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett explains how COVID-19 vaccines work
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a Hillsborough native who helped develop the Moderna vaccine, spoke about coronavirus. In her remarks, Corbett simplified the virus, explaining how it...
Sat Feb 20, 2021
African American scientist, UNC alum praised for being at ‘forefront’ of creating Covid vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci has praised the work of Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American scientist who the leading United States public health expert said was “at...
Mon Jan 4, 2021