Meghan McKenzie, MA
Director of Health Equity and Clinical Research
Genentech's Chief Diversity Office
Meghan McKenzie works in Patient Inclusion and Health Equity in Genentech’s Chief Diversity Office. She develops strategies to drive greater inclusion of underrepresented patient populations in clinical research and to advance health equity by working directly with sites in its AIR Site Alliance. Gaining patient, clinician, and community insights early in program development is integral to developing what is important to patients and improving access to medicines and treatments for all patients, regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, and socioeconomic status. With over 25 years of clinical development research experience working at sites/industry, and spanning multiple diseases, including oncology, ophthalmology, immunology, neurology, infectious, and rare diseases. Meghan received her master’s degree in human biology at San Francisco State University and her bachelor’s degree in economics at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and has earned the Cornell D&I Certificate and Columbia Business Leadership (gLEAD) Certificate.