On May 11, 2020, in a perspective published by the journal Science, Dr. Larry Corey from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and coauthors Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. John Mascola, and Dr. Francis Collins, shared their plan for bringing together industry, government and academia to meet this urgent need.

Dr. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious diseases, part of NIH. Dr. Mascola is the director of the NIAID Vaccine Research Center, and Dr. Collins is the NIH director.