The Truth About Vaccine Scientist Kizzmekia Corbett By Christine-Marie Liwag Dixon/Dec. 14, 2020 4:17 pm EDT The COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal, but the end is in sight. A massive vaccine rollout is planned to begin soon, and it may not have been possible without the contributions of Kizzmekia Corbett, a scientist who worked on one of the two COVID-19 vaccines that are being prepared for distribution. Corbett was on the team of scientists from the National Institute of Health (NIH) that worked with pharmaceutical company Moderna to create a vaccine. CNBC reported that the vaccine that is on track to be approved soon by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use.