This story originally posted in the Washington Post .

Kizzmekia S. Corbett, PhD led the National Institutes of Health team that developed the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Currently an assistant professor at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and recently named one of Time magazine’s 2021 Heroes of the Year, Corbett joins Washington Post senior writer Frances Stead Sellers to discuss the rise of the omicron variant and the development, current use and future possibilities of the groundbreaking mRNA vaccine technology.

Mad respect for this pioneer!!