Merna spent 30+ years at the bench across 6 elite research institutions. Her career spans Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Weill Cornell Medicine. With 16 peer-reviewed publications in Nature Medicine and Cancer Cell, she has established a rigorous scientific foundation. Founder of Lifecompass Health & Wellness LLC, she bridges oncology research with holistic human care, focusing on evidence-based wellness and nutritional psychology for the modern research team.