Mackenzie Block, Project Specialist
Mackenzie Block
Project Specialist
Mackenzie is responsible for the administration of a grant received from the New Jersey Department of Health to provide education to health care professionals about infection prevention and control. She is responsible for working with association staff to develop programs and to schedule trainings in the long term care centers that would like to have the educational programs brought to them for staff development.
Before joining HCANJ, Mackenzie was a member of the Emergency Preparedness department at the Ocean County Health Department. She managed COVID-19 testing sites and vaccine clinics in response to the pandemic and also served as a Field Representative in the communicable disease department. During her undergraduate studies, Mackenzie worked as a research assistant for two community-based chronic disease intervention programs targeting both children and adults.
Mackenzie holds a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from the University of South Carolina as well as an MPH from George Washington University.