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From Hyderabad to London: Meet the six amazing women working on COVID-19 vaccines across the globe

We spoke to women from the US, UK, South Africa, India and Brazil—all scientists—about the work they’re doing and their personal experiences of the pandemic. Galit Alter, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School said, “I’ve been chasing viruses ever since I started my career. I have always been in the wake of these devastating pandemics, you guys just haven’t seen them.”

Dr Ruby Raphael is part of the vaccine trials team at the Nizam’s Institute in South India, “It was like science couldn’t even figure out this virus initially.”