Season 1 of “The Road to a Vaccine”

Lisa Ling interviews scientists and healthcare workers about how vaccines work, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s being done globally to create a novel coronavirus vaccine.

Three leading scientists who have been on the frontlines of Zika, malaria and HIV give you the inside scoop on vaccine development and the process of going from lab to clinic.

Ling interviews National Academies member and University Professor of the University of Connecticut, Cato Laurencin, M.D., Ph.D., to learn what his new coronavirus study reveals.

In Episode 4 we hear from two ER doctors about what they’ve learned from caring for COVID-19 patients. A renowned epidemiologist shares why testing is so important.

Two nurses—one on the front lines in the ICU, and one leading the charge to advocate for her profession—talk about what caring for patients, and each other, really means right now.

In Episode 6, Ling talks with Jane Halton, Chair of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, about her work to ensure people globally get access to vaccines.

In Episode 7, Ling speaks with Johnson & Johnson Chief Scientific Officer Paul Stoffels, M.D., about important advances being made in vaccine development.

In the season finale of “The Road to a Vaccine”, pandemic pioneers Paul Stoffels, M.D., and Peter Piot, M.D., Ph.D., discuss Dr. Piot’s own experience battling COVID-19.