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Kizzmekia Corbett

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Kizzmekia Corbett is an American viral immunologist. She is an assistant professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Shutzer Assistant professor at Harvard Radcliff since June 2021.

In 2004 Corbett graduated from Orange High School in Hillsborough, North Carolina. In 2008 Corbett received a B.S. in biological science and sociology from the university of Maryland, Baltimore county (UMBC).  In October 2014  Corbett a research fellow working as a viral immunologist at the (NIH).  She specifically focuses on development of novel vaccines for coronavirus.  In December 2021, Corbett was assigned to Boston’s covid-19 advisory committee by mayor Wu .

Corbett started working on a vaccine to protect people from coronavirus disease, to manufacture and test the Covid-19 vaccine . Corbett’s team partnered with Moderna.  Corbett said she cried when the efficacy results showed the MRNA-1273 Moderna vaccine worked.

In recognition of her work on the vaccine Orange county, North Carolina ,named January 12,2021 Dr.Kizzy Corbett Day.
 
Mary Bell
February 22, 2022
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