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WorksheetsKizzmekia Corbett
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Where did Kizzmekia Corbett grow up?
Idaho
North Carolina
Virginia
Florida
What kind of family did Kizzmekia Corbett grow up in? Select all that apply.
A large family of step-siblings
An orphan
Foster siblings
One parent
What year and school did Kizzmekia Corbett graduate from?
In 2004, Corbett graduated from Orange High School In Hillsborough, North Carolina.
In 2002, Corbett graduated from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.
In 2006, she graduated from Copley High School in Akron, Ohio.
In 2010, she graduated from Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.
What is Kizzmekia Corbett's occupation?
Fashion designer
Immunologist
Dentist
Hairdresser
What did Keezmekia want to participate in as a student?
Project SEED
In class
Project DIAMOND
Project science
How did Project SEED help Corbett?
A program that paid her rent.
A program that gave her free food.
A program that allowed her to study chemistry in labs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A program that gave her money
What did Kizzmekia spend her summer doing?
Traveling around the world
Going to the pool
Shopping online
Spent her summers at laboratories and earned a summer internship at the NIH
What did Corbett start working on?
A vaccine to protect people from the flu
A vaccine to protect people from spiders.
A vaccine to protect people from cats
A vaccine to protect people from the coronavirus disease
What did Keezmekia tell the public to do during the pandemic?
Not wear their mask properly
To stay four feet apart
To go to the mall
respectful of one another during the coronavirus pandemic
What did Corbett say will help minimize the spread of the virus? Select all that apply.
Regular hand washing
Going to the mall every day
Sneezing into your elbow
Sneezing on someone
How did Corbett get her Ph.D.?
The president
from UNC Microbiology and Immunology
Her favorite teacher
Her mother
What did Corbett's team do when they find out that the virus was similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus?
Utilized previous knowledge of optimal coronavirus S proteins to tackle the novel coronavirus.
They called the police.
They discovered a new way to make the vaccine
They called the president
What did Kizzmekia use to create the vaccine
Jucie.
She had faith in herself.
A special chemical.
Dr. Corbett uses her expertise to propel novel vaccine development for pandemic preparedness.
Who is Kizzmekia Corbett
A Canadian
African American woman
African American man
A Brazillian
What did Kizzmekia Corbett contribute to the COVID-19 vaccine? Select all that apply
She destroyed the COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Corbett is known for using her expertise to propel novel vaccine development for pandemic preparedness.
Appointed to the VRC in 2014, her work focuses on developing novel coronavirus vaccines.
She didn't contribute to the COVID-19 vaccine
What did Kizzmekia Corbett contribute to science?
She didn't contribute anything.
Corbett’s work is also important in a country where Black students are less likely to enter fields in science.
She is also an African American woman, who has been praised by top infectious disease experts for her role in the vaccine’s development.
None of the above
Vaccines protect us from a whole host of infectious diseases. Select the diseases that vaccines protect us from.
Chickenpox
Seasonal flu
Measles
None of the above
How old is Kizzmekia Corbett?
34 years
42 years
40 years
38 years
