Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Co-Develops mRNA Technology Behind COVID-19 Vaccine

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a Black immunologist at the NIH's Vaccine Research Center, was a lead scientist in developing the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine used by Moderna and contributed critical research that informed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Her work, conducted before many people had heard of mRNA vaccines, helped protect hundreds of millions of lives worldwide.