Kizzmekia "Kizzy" Shanta Corbett (born January 26, 1986) is an American viral immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health (NIAID NIH) based in Bethesda, Maryland. Appointed to the VRC in 2014, she is currently the scientific lead of the VRC's Coronavirus Team, with research efforts aimed at propelling novel coronavirus vaccines, including a COVID-19 vaccine.- Wikipedia

Media soundbite from NIAID: Kizzmekia Corbett, Ph.D., of NIAID's Vaccine Research Center discusses efforts to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, also known as 2019-nCoV) that causes COVID-19 in an interview conducted Jan. 28, 2020.

Intro bio information- https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/kizzmekia-shanta-corbett-1986/