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#LLABlog – Meet Kizzmekia S. Corbett, an African American woman and lead scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine
Kizzmekia Corbett, a viral immunologist and research fellow in the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID),