Carroll County Chamber Of Commerce : Carroll Community College To Host Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett

Press release from the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce :

Trish McCarthy Carroll

05/21/2021

Carroll
Community College (Carroll) announces a virtual event featuring Dr. Kizzmekia
Corbett, whose research was instrumental in the development of the Moderna
COVID-19 vaccine. The event, which is open to the public, will be held virtually
on Friday, May 28, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. To attend the Zoom webinar
visit:  Join the Virtual Event, and enter Passcode: 182928. Please be sure to download Zoom prior to
the event.

“We are honored to welcome Dr. Corbett to the College, as well as the greater Carroll County community,” said Dr. James D. Ball, President, Carroll Community College. “The work that she and her team at NIH performed was groundbreaking, and is now lifesaving, in the fight against COVID-19.”

Dr. Corbett
serves as a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus
Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine
Research Center (VRC). Appointed to the VRC in 2014, her work focused on
developing novel coronavirus vaccines, including mRNA-1273. The vaccine concept
incorporated in mRNA-1273 was rapidly deployed to Moderna, Inc. On June
14th, she will join the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health School as an
assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

“The citizens of Carroll County have a great opportunity to hear first-hand from this accomplished researcher and public health advocate, whose work helped to create the life-saving vaccines we use in our vaccination clinics,” said Edwin F. Singer, L.E.H.S. Health Officer, Carroll County Health Department. “Our collaboration with the College continues to support our mission of promoting health and wellness, through education as well as health programs and initiatives.”

Carroll
Community College (Carroll) announces a virtual event featuring Dr. Kizzmekia
Corbett, whose research was instrumental in the development of the Moderna
COVID-19 vaccine. The event, which is open to the public, will be held virtually
on Friday, May 28, 2021, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. To attend the Zoom webinar
visit:  Join the Virtual Event, and enter Passcode: 182928. Please be sure to download Zoom prior to
the event.

Join the Virtual Event

“We are honored to welcome Dr. Corbett to the College, as well as the greater Carroll County community,” said Dr. James D. Ball, President, Carroll Community College. “The work that she and her team at NIH performed was groundbreaking, and is now lifesaving, in the fight against COVID-19.”

Dr. James D. Ball, President, Carroll Community College.

Dr. Corbett
serves as a research fellow and the scientific lead for the Coronavirus
Vaccines & Immunopathogenesis Team at the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine
Research Center (VRC). Appointed to the VRC in 2014, her work focused on
developing novel coronavirus vaccines, including mRNA-1273. The vaccine concept
incorporated in mRNA-1273 was rapidly deployed to Moderna, Inc. On June
14th, she will join the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health School as an
assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases.

“The citizens of Carroll County have a great opportunity to hear first-hand from this accomplished researcher and public health advocate, whose work helped to create the life-saving vaccines we use in our vaccination clinics,” said Edwin F. Singer, L.E.H.S. Health Officer, Carroll County Health Department. “Our collaboration with the College continues to support our mission of promoting health and wellness, through education as well as health programs and initiatives.”

Dr. Corbett, 35, has been recognized nationally by such distinguished leaders as NIAID Director,    Dr. Anthony Fauci, who in Time Magazine’s list 2021 Top100 Next called her a “rising star” and that her work will have a “substantial impact” on ending the pandemic. She has made numerous appearances on national media, including CNN and NBC News. She was honored this year at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards ® with the Key of Life Award. In addition to conducting her pioneering research, Corbett advocates for and promotes awareness of STEM education. 

Dr. Corbett received a BS in biological sciences, with a secondary major
in sociology, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was
a Robert and Jane Meyerhoff and NIH undergraduate scholar. She obtained her PhD
in microbiology and immunology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill in 2014.

Dr. Raza Khan, Program Director, STEM Scholars at Carroll Community College, was instrumental in arranging this panel discussion as the capstone experience for students. “Dr. Corbett is a dedicated and committed professional and is an
inspiring role model for our students in the STEM Scholar cohort, and to all of
our students pursuing their higher education at Carroll." The
STEM Scholar honors program, which provides classroom instruction, hands-on
research and professional development, is designed for high school and college
students who want to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering
or mathematics and transfer to a four-year institution after completion of
their associate degree at Carroll Community College. To learn more visit: https://www.carrollcc.edu/Programs-and-Courses/Credit-Programs/STEM/STEM-Scholars-Program/

Dr. Corbett, 35, has been recognized nationally by such distinguished leaders as NIAID Director,    Dr. Anthony Fauci, who in Time Magazine’s list 2021 Top100 Next called her a “rising star” and that her work will have a “substantial impact” on ending the pandemic. She has made numerous appearances on national media, including CNN and NBC News. She was honored this year at the 52nd NAACP Image Awards ® with the Key of Life Award. In addition to conducting her pioneering research, Corbett advocates for and promotes awareness of STEM education. 

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Dr. Corbett received a BS in biological sciences, with a secondary major
in sociology, from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where she was
a Robert and Jane Meyerhoff and NIH undergraduate scholar. She obtained her PhD
in microbiology and immunology from The University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill in 2014.

Dr. Raza Khan, Program Director, STEM Scholars at Carroll Community College, was instrumental in arranging this panel discussion as the capstone experience for students. “Dr. Corbett is a dedicated and committed professional and is an
inspiring role model for our students in the STEM Scholar cohort, and to all of
our students pursuing their higher education at Carroll." The
STEM Scholar honors program, which provides classroom instruction, hands-on
research and professional development, is designed for high school and college
students who want to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering
or mathematics and transfer to a four-year institution after completion of
their associate degree at Carroll Community College. To learn more visit: https://www.carrollcc.edu/Programs-and-Courses/Credit-Programs/STEM/STEM-Scholars-Program/

Dr. Raza Khan, Program Director, STEM Scholars at Carroll Community College, was instrumental in arranging this panel discussion as the capstone experience for students. “ Dr. Corbett is a dedicated and committed professional and is an
inspiring role model for our students in the STEM Scholar cohort, and to all of
our students pursuing their higher education at Carroll." The
STEM Scholar honors program, which provides classroom instruction, hands-on
research and professional development, is designed for high school and college
students who want to pursue opportunities in science, technology, engineering
or mathematics and transfer to a four-year institution after completion of
their associate degree at Carroll Community College. To learn more visit: https://www.carrollcc.edu/Programs-and-Courses/Credit-Programs/STEM/STEM-Scholars-Program/ https://www.carrollcc.edu/Programs-and-Courses/Credit-Programs/STEM/STEM-Scholars-Program/ Reference Trish McCarthy Carroll 410-386-8184

This press release was produced by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce . The views expressed here are the author’s own.