COVID-19 vaccine researchers have common thread

Three researchers who have helped with research and development of COVID-19 vaccines have a common thread — they were members of the Baptist Student Union (now Baptist Collegiate Ministry) at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, the Baptist and Reflector reported.

The three students — Buddy Creech, Josh Denny and Sheri Wilcox — all affirm the positive role that the BSU ministry played in their lives. “I am forever thankful for such a biblical, encouraging anchor in the middle of my college campus,” said Denny.

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COVID-19 vaccine researchers have common thread