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Katie Leadership Impact and welcome basketball superstar . Staley is the Head Coach of the University of South Carolina women’s basketball team, and her many accolades include two NCAA Championships, five NCAA Final Four appearances, four Olympic gold medals, and induction into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. As a leader in women’s sports, Staley is uniquely positioned to share her wisdom and experience in Breaking Barriers: Empowering Women of Color to Lead Through Athletics. The conversation will be moderated by sports journalist and founder of Rethink the Win, Lea B. Olsen. Presented with support from Ameriprise and Securian.

This event celebrates truly courageous Afghan social entrepreneurs and leaders. They are refugees from their homes, relentlessly working to bring Afghan women and girls education and hope.

Dr. Kizzmekia S. Corbett, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She also holds an appointment at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute as the Shutzer Assistant Professor. She leads a new lab to study and understand the interface between hosts’ immune systems and viruses that cause respiratory disease, with the goal of informing development of novel and potentially universal vaccines.

Dr. Corbett uses her viral immunology expertise to propel novel vaccine development for pandemic preparedness, including mRNA-1273, a leading vaccine against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine concept incorporated in mRNA-1273 was designed by Dr. Corbett's NIH team from viral sequence and rapidly deployed to industry partner, Moderna, Inc., for Phase 1 clinical trial, which unprecedentedly began only 66 days from viral sequence release. mRNA-1273 was shown to be 94.1% effective in Phase 3 trial and is authorized for use in multiple countries. Alongside mRNA-1273, Dr. Corbett boasts a patent portfolio which also includes universal coronavirus and influenza vaccine concepts and novel therapeutic antibodies.

In all, she has over 15 years of experience studying dengue virus, respiratory syncytial virus, influenza virus, and coronaviruses, garnering several prestigious awards, such as the Benjamin Franklin Next Gen Award and the Salzman Memorial Award in Virology. Combining her research goals with her knack for mentorship, Dr. Corbett invests much of her time in underserved communities as an advocator of STEM education and vaccine awareness.

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.

Event Details

Masks are required at The O'Shaughnessy. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination is required for admittance or a negative non-home COVID test within 72 hours of the event.

ASL interpretation will be provided.

Contact Namibia Little, Katie Leadership Impact program director, with questions at kli@stkate.edu or 651-690-6190.

Dr. Tamar Rodney is a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner. Her research identifies biomarkers for PTSD in individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury and addresses coping issues for students with mental health needs. With professional expertise in trauma and psychiatry, she maintains a clinical practice in Baltimore serving families recovering from substance use.