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…

Vaccinologist Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire on COVID-19 vaccines, boosters, and more

Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, played a key role in developing the mRNA-based platform that enabled the creation of COVID-19 vaccines that have protected millions. In this Q&A—adapted from recent videos posted on Harvard Chan School’s Instagram and Tik Tok channels—she answers questions about COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, as well as other vaccines. You can read the Q&A on the News section…

A Conversation with Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

Cura Foundation

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…

2023 Fulbright Prize – Dr. Corbett & Dr. Fauci

Fulbright Prize, decorative slide

2:10 – Dr. Quynh Nguyen (Pianist) 7:21 – Message from Pfizer and Introduction Video 10:13 – Dr. John Bader 14:10 – President Barack Obama (Video Message) 15:57 – Alyea Pierce (Poet) 20:57 – Dr. Barney Graham (Video Message) 23:33 – Hon. Cynthia Ackron Baldwin 34:21 – History of the Prize 36:43 – Dr. Francis Collins 43:28 – Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett (by video) 52:42 – Dr. Francis Collins 59:53 – Dr.…

COVID-19 Three Years Later

Kizzmekia Corbett on PBS's Amanpour & C0

COVID-19 Three Years Later: How A Vaccine Was Created Three years ago, as the World Health Organization was preparing to declare COVID-19 a pandemic, scientists were already weeks into developing a vaccine. Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett was part of a groundbreaking team to produce the mRNA vaccine for Moderna. And she is joining Walter Isaacson to reflect on the early days of the pandemic and the future of vaccine research.