Have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine? Mark your calendars for a discussion, led by a panel of local Flint experts, with Kizzmekia S. Corbett, PhD, a National Institutes of Health scientist instrumental in groundbreaking research that directly led to the development of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
When: Monday, June 14, 2021, from 7:30pm – 8:30pm
Where: Broadcasting live from Facebook @MSUPublicHealth, @giveflint, and @DrDebFurrHolden
WATCH RECORDING HERE.
Local Flint experts include:
- Jennifer Edwards-Johnson, DO, MPH, Family Medicine Physician and Community Assistant Dean Michigan State University
- Debra Furr-Holden, PhD, Associate Dean for Public Health Integration Director, Flint Center for Health Solutions Michigan State University
- Isaiah Oliver, President and CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Flint
Kizzmekia S. Corbett, PhD, is a research fellow at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Vaccine Research Center. Corbett leads the Coronavirus Vaccines Team at the Vaccine Research Center’s Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory. She earned her PhD in microbiology and immunology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BS in biological sciences from the University of Maryland. In May, Corbett was appointed to lead the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s new Coronaviruses & Other Relevant Emerging Infectious Diseases (CoreID) Lab.
This discussion is brought to you by the Flint Center for Equity Solutions, the Community Foundation of Greater Flint, and the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Flint campus.
