Avery McKenna, BS
Research Lead
Avery joined ICER as a Research Assistant in August of 2019. In 2021, she was promoted to Senior Research Assistant. In 2023, she was promoted to Associate Research Lead, and in 2024 she became a Research Lead. In her role, she conducts systematic literature reviews and contributes to the comparative clinical effectiveness section of ICER’s reports.
She holds a BS degree from New York University where she majored in both Global Public Health and Applied Psychology and minored in Environmental Studies. Prior to joining ICER, Avery was a research assistant at the NYU Child and Family Policy center where she worked on research projects to inform education policy reform in New York City.
Avery also grew up in the town where the Boston Marathon begins. After attending the start of over 20 marathons, she hopes to run it herself one day!
- Email amckenna@icer.org