UNC alum Kizzmekia Corbett is praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine

Posted Dec 14, 2020
Kizzmekia Corbett is an expert on the front lines of the global race for a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, and someone who will go down in history as one of the key players in developing the science that could end the pandemic. She is one of the National Institutes of Health's leading scientists behind the government's search for a vaccine. (ABC News)

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