WASHINGTON – The Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership presents the Global Leadership Dialogue Series: Black Women in Health on Tuesday, September 7 at 2 p.m. EDT. Moderated by the associate dean for research and Howard University professor of medicine, Celia J. Maxwell, this virtual open discussion welcomes Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D., to discuss her groundbreaking research, global public health and the status of Black women in health.

“The Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership is excited to welcome Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett as our first guest for the Global Leadership Dialogue Series,” said J. Jarpa Dawuni, Esq., Ph.D., director of the Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership. “Dr. Corbett’s groundbreaking research epitomizes Black women’s excellence in science and medicine and sends a strong signal of the capabilities of Black women in leadership. Here at Howard University, we witness firsthand, how women are leading the charge at our schools of medicine, pharmacy and allied health as well as other research centers and institutes. This dialogue will provide our students with an opportunity to gain insights into the work of Black women in health and medicine.”

Corbett is an assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases at Howard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. A viral immunologist by training, Corbett is 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, Vaccine Research Center (VRC). Corbett uses her expertise to propel novel vaccine development for pandemic preparedness, including the creation of the Moderna vaccine. She received a B.S. in biological sciences, with a secondary major in sociology, in 2008 from the University of Maryland–Baltimore County, where she was a Meyerhoff Scholar and an NIH undergraduate scholar. She then enrolled at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she obtained her Ph.D. in microbiology and immunology in 2014.

To register, please visit howard.zoom.us/register.

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About Howard University

Founded in 1867, Howard University is a private, research university that is comprised of 13 schools and colleges. Students pursue more than 140 programs of study leading to undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University operates with a commitment to Excellence in Truth and Service and has produced one Schwarzman Scholar, three Marshall Scholars, four Rhodes Scholars, 12 Truman Scholars, 25 Pickering Fellows and more than 165 Fulbright recipients. Howard also produces more on-campus African American Ph.D. recipients than any other university in the United States. For more information on Howard University, visit www.howard.edu.

Media Contact: Aaliyah Butler; aaliyah.butler@howard.edu