So proud of you babe @geoff_hutchinson_ig 👨🏽‍🔬 ❤️Reposted from @smithsonian_channel • During his time with the Peace Corps, a devastating illness led Geoffrey Hutchinson to an epiphany about what he wanted to do with his life: develop vaccines that help eradicate illness and suffering. In 2020, while working at the National Institute of Health at the Dale and Betty Bumpers Vaccine Research Center, the Covid-19 pandemic demanded fast action and offered Geoffrey the opportunity to be part of a team developing ground-breaking and life-saving vaccines. His life of altruism is one worthy of art. His portrait was created by artist Nicola Russell (@vangoghandloveyourself ) using charcoal, oil paints, linseed oil, and turpenoid as a paint thinner, all on a wooden panel in the latest episode of #storyofaportrait. . . . . . . #blackinstem #covid19 #blackscientists #blackinchemistry #blackinbiology #blackscientistsmatter #blackinmedicine #blackdoctorsmatter #blackomeninstem #nih #cdc #vaccineresearch #immunology #blackinimmunology #virology #heroes #smithsonian #everydayheroes