ELIZABETH MCKENNA
Radiology in Philadelphia, PA

Science Writer, Cancer Discovery at American Association for Cancer Research, Freelance Science Writer and Editor at Self-Employed

Research

American Association for Cancer Research - Philadelphia, PA since Aug 2011 - Science Writer, Cancer Discovery Self-Employed since Apr 2011 - Freelance Science Writer and Editor Dana-Farber Cancer Institute - Boston, MA Feb 2011 - Aug 2011 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harvard University - Boston, MA Sep 2004 - Feb 2011 - Ph.D. Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) at Harvard Medical School Columbia University - Department of Genetics and Development May 2002 - May 2004 - Undergraduate Research Rockefeller University - Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior Nov 1998 - Aug 2001 - Undergraduate/High School Research

Harvard University 2004 - 2011
Ph.D., Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology Columbia University in the City of New York 2000 - 2004
B.A., Biological Sciences Stuyvesant High School 1996 - 2000

Best Oral Presentation, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Post-Doc and Graduate Student Retreat (2010) Keystone Symposia Scholarship, “Deregulation of Transcription in Cancer: Controlling Cell Fate Decisions” (2009) AstraZeneca Scholar-in-Training Award, AACR Special Conference on Cancer Epigenetics (2008) I.I. Rabi Scholar, Columbia University (2000 – 2004) One of eight incoming first-years chosen by a faculty committee as demonstrating exceptional promise in scientific research Dean’s List, Columbia University (2000 – 2004) Helen and J. Edward Stern Bio-Medical Scholarship (2002 – 2004) Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Columbia University (2002) Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist (2000)