is a Medical Physicist within the Department of Health Physics and an Associate Professor Volunteer Clinical Faculty within the Department of Radiology at the University of California, Davis (UCD) Medical Center in Sacramento.

Dr. McKenney received a BS and BA in Physics and Studio Art from the University of Maryland, College Park. She obtained her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from UCD and completed her medical physics residency at Henry Ford Hospital. Dr. McKenney is a board certified Diagnostic Medical Physicist by the American Board of Radiology. She provides quality assurance for diagnostic imaging systems including general x ray, fluoroscopy, mammography, and computed tomography.

Dr. McKenney is Vice Chair of the Pediatric Imaging Subcommittee within the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and she is a steering committee member of Image Gently. Her research interests include imaging quality and dose optimization, particularly for pediatric populations.