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Dr. Barney Graham and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett Futurist Portrait
Vaccine Developers
Description: A portrait of Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett and Dr. Barney Graham. The portrait is digitally created based on a photograph. The image is made up of multicolored virus shapes, which is a ball with spikes. Above is Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett. She is an African American woman. She has curly, shoulder length hair. She has medium-dark colored skin. She wears a black brimmed hat. Her t-shirt reads, "A Black girl will save the world." Below is Dr. Barney Graham. He is a white man with light colored skin. He has short, gray hair. He wears a white collared shirt. He has a goatee and glasses. The back of the banner is a pattern of pink print of syringes and small coronavirus shapes.
"Our goal is to inform. It's very helpful for people to feel like they're part of something." – Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett
Immunologists Dr. Barney Graham and Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett are two of the many scientists across the world who worked together to design COVID-19 vaccines. Their lab at the US National Institutes for Health collaborated with the biotech firm Moderna to develop an innovative application of mRNA technology. Since this breakthrough, they have been working to build public confidence in the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines.
Credit: This portrait was made by artist Nettrice Gaskins using Deep Dream Generator, a computer vision program that uses artificial intelligence to generate new and complex images. |