Avery McKenna, BS

Research Lead

Avery joined ICER as a Research Assistant in August of 2019 as a Research Assistant. 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, Avery uses her background in research methods and statistics to execute literature reviews and screen studies to inform evidence-based reviews.

Avery graduated from New York University in May of 2019 with a degree in Global Public Health and Applied Psychology and a minor in Environmental Studies. During her undergraduate studies, Avery worked as a research assistant at the NYU Child and Family Policy center. Prior to that, she worked as a Global Outreach Coordinator at The Good Country, a start-up non-profit working on international policy.”

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!

Avery McKenna, BS. Research Assistant, Evidence Synthesis