Because of their previous work on SARS AND MERS, her team had a head start in the development of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Like so many others around the world, they were racing to develop a vaccine and have now developed one of the vaccines that are ready for distribution.
In very simple terms, she believed the answer was in a spike protein that attaches itself to the virus and enters the cell, and by using mRNA to create an immune response that will prevent the infection.
She and her team have gone through all phases of human trials and are confident of the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness.
She is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences and a second degree in Sociology in 2008.
She received a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014.
In this war against the novel coronavirus-COVID-19, countless frontline soldiers are battling this disease.
Doctors, nurses, scientist, researchers, medical professionals of all kinds are doing their part to stop this menace from sickening and killing those it encounters. Dr. Corbett is leading the charge.