For a year now, the world has raced to treat, prevent, and understand COVID-19. From vaccine development, to cutting-edge research on the implications of the virus, Maryland has been at the forefront of combating COVID-19. Often, women scientists are leading COVID innovation at Maryland’s institutions and companies. Keep reading to meet five of them.
Kizzmekia Corbett, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
There’s a reason why Kizzmekia Corbett was among the list of the Time Magazine 2021 Time100 Next. Kizzmekia, an immunologist and the scientific lead of the Vaccine Research Center’s coronavirus team at the NIH in Bethesda, discovered that a stabilized version of a spike protein found on the surface of all coronavirus can be a key target for vaccines, treatment and diagnostics. With her discovery as their foundation, vaccines are now a reality, and being distributed across the country. Kizzmekia’s new mission? Ensuring communities of color are getting vaccinated.
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