DID YOU KNOW? for September 23 – October 6, 2025

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett (born in 1986) is a Black researcher, assistant professor, immunologist, and microbiologist. In 2020, Corbett was part of the team at the National Institute of Health (NIH) that developed the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine – the first to enter clinical trials in the United States. Her previous work includes working as a biological sciences trainer at the NIH and studying human antibody responses to dengue virus in Sri Lankan children at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Born in 1986, Corbett started working as a viral immunologist at the National Institutes of Health in 2014. Learn more about Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett: Balancing Rapid Medical Solutions and Public Safety | Decoding COVID-19 | NOVA.