Corbett-Helaire, Kizzmekia
1986-present · Contribution: 2014-present
Viral immunology and vaccine design; co-designed the mRNA-1273 (Moderna) COVID-19 vaccine through prefusion-stabilized spike-protein research, and contributed to COVID-19 monoclonal-antibody therapeutics
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Impact on the world
Scientific lead on the NIH team whose coronavirus research enabled the mRNA-1273 vaccine to reach clinical trials just 66 days after the viral sequence was released — central to the global COVID-19 response.
Life & background
African-American viral immunologist born Jan 26, 1986. PhD in microbiology and immunology, UNC-Chapel Hill (2014); research fellow/scientific lead at NIH's Vaccine Research Center (NIAID); now assistant professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Sources
- ASM; Science/AAAS; NIH/NIAID; The Franklin Institute
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