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February 9, 2024

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire Recounts the 66 Days to the COVID Vaccine

It’s still hard to look back on those 66 days leading up to the COVID-19 vaccine. Even before the country faced a full-on lockdown, Kizzmekia S. Corbett-Helaire, PhD, suspected what lay ahead. She remembers calling it a pandemic on Feb. 24, 2020, tagging the World Health Organization on X (formerly known as Twitter), even though WHO didn’t use the same terminology until March. Read the full article on the POPSUGAR…

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July 14, 2023December 5, 2023

A Conversation with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

Dr. Corbett is interviewed in Issue 17 of CuraLink, the Cura Foundation’s newsletter. As SARS-CoV-2 swept the globe, Dr. Corbett and her team at the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institutes of Health rushed to design an effective vaccine against it. Just 66 days after the viral sequence was released, her team rapidly deployed the concept to industry partner Moderna for a Phase 1 clinical trial. The vaccine was…

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May 11, 2023December 5, 2023

This Emergency Is Over. Now It’s Time to Get Ready for the Next Pandemic

screenshot from the article on the Time magazine

Op-Ed by Kizzmekia Corbett Having been a part of the team that developed a leading COVID-19 vaccine, I am often invited to speak or write about the successes of our work—work that led to the fastest vaccine development in history. Read the full article on the Time online

February 9, 2023August 9, 2023

She Helped Unlock the Science of the COVID Vaccine

Kizzmekia Corbett was at the vanguard of the race for a vaccine against Covid-19. Above, she is in her office at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.Credit: Kayana Szymczak for The New York Times

Kizzmekia Corbett helped lead a team of scientists contributing to one of the most stunning achievements in the history of immunizations: a highly effective, easily manufactured vaccine against Covid-19. Read the full article on the New York Times

August 8, 2022March 16, 2023

15 Minutes With: Kizzmekia S Corbett, Ph.D., Talks About Omicron

The renowned scientist who led the team that developed the Moderna vaccine against Covid-19 discusses the pandemic and what she hopes for the future Kizzmekia S Corbett, Ph.D, is a viral immunologist whose work focuses on propelling novel vaccine development for pandemic preparedness. She is a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and an assistant professor…

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April 18, 2022March 16, 2023

Kizzmekia Corbett on the pandemic, public service, and her path to becoming a scientist

The world knows Kizzmekia Corbett as one of the designers of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. And in her new job as an assistant professor at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Corbett plans to work on vaccine design to help the world better handle future pandemics. Read the full article on STAT

April 14, 2022March 16, 2023

After developing a COVID-19 vaccine, scientist continues to research, educate about vaccines

Suzette Hackney USA TODAY Published 6:01 AM EDT Mar. 13, 2022 Updated 12:01 PM EDT Apr. 14, 2022 Kizzmekia Corbett is one of USA TODAY’s Women of the Year, a recognition of women across the country who have made a significant impact. The annual program is a continuation of Women of the Century, a 2020 project that commemorated the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote. Meet this…

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March 31, 2022March 16, 2023

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, who worked on Moderna vaccine, cements her place in history

On this final day of Women’s History Month, CBS News’ chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook caught up with a medical researcher who has already made her own mark on history. Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is being celebrated for leading a team at the National Institutes of Health that helped develop Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Click here to watch the interview on CBS Video

December 31, 2021March 11, 2022

Kizzmekia S. Corbett named in Time “2021 TIME100 Heroes of the Year”

Kizzmekia Corbett of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health was named one of four “heroes of the year” for 2021 by TIME magazine for helping develop the mRNA-based vaccine platform that enabled the creation of innovative and highly effective COVID-19 vaccines.

December 28, 2021March 8, 2022

I helped develop COVID-19 vaccine, let’s reach unvaccinated by listening not shaming

Kizzmekia S. Corbett Opinion contributor for USA Today writes “I helped develop COVID-19 vaccine, let’s reach unvaccinated by listening not shaming.”