Rod Mackenzie, Phd

Biography

Rod MacKenzie is responsible for the development and advancement of Pfizer’s pipeline of medicines in several therapeutic areas, including metabolic disease and cardiovascular risks, inflammation and immunology, neuroscience, oncology and rare disease. He serves on the Portfolio Strategy and Investment Committee, which focuses on maximizing the return on R&D investment across the Pfizer portfolio.

Research Interest

Rod graduated from the University of Glasgow with a 1st Class Honors degree in chemistry and completed his Ph.D. at Imperial College, London. He was awarded a NATO Postdoctoral Research Fellowship and spent two years at Columbia University, New York, working in the area of molecular recognition with Professor W.C. Still.