Dr. McKenzie earned her B.S. in Nutrition/Food Technology from Iowa State University. She then earned a M.S. in Food Science from Rutgers, and her PhD. in Biochemistry from a joint program of Rutgers, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and Princeton University.
She has almost 20 years of experience in biotechnology and also founded the first and only company in Alaska dedicated to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical discovery and development from boreal (northern subarctic ecosystem) territories.
I always like to see the background on anyone who I am learning from. That way I know that a person calling themselves a doctor actually has true credentials. I was amazed by Dr. McKenzies accomplishments. Her background includes:
Affiliate Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the College of Veterinary Medicine of Iowa State University
Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology and Pharmacology
Member of the Laboratory for Cancer Research in the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Research/Teaching Specialist in the Departments of Biochemistry and Environmental and Community Medicine of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey
Staff Fellow Scientist in the Diabetes Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Microbiologist for the Mobil Oil Corporation
Dr. McKenzie received a Diabetes Research and Education Foundation Fellowship in basic research from the Hoechst-Roussel Corporation
The New Jersey State Commission for Cancer Research -Ciba Geigy Corporation Award for Scientific Excellence in Cancer Research
Epsilon Award for Teacher of the Year in the College of Pharmacy at Rutgers University
She was selected by the American Chemical Society in 1993 as a Preceptor for Science Experience for the Economically Disadvantaged.
She was chosen by the Des Moines Register as an Iowa “Up and Comer” for extraordinary leadership in business.
In 1995, she received the Linda K. Neuman Award for the Professions by the Quad-Cities Women’s Encouragement Board, and was honored as a “Woman of Spirit and Note” in the community.
