Background on Rachael Moeller Gorman
An award-winning journalist, Rachael Moeller Gorman is a contributing editor at EatingWell and has written for such publications as Scientific American, Discover, Cooking Light and The Boston Globe Health/Science section, among others. She loves learning about all things science, from the environment to anthropology to medicine, and enjoys translating dense jargon into elegant prose for a variety of audiences. Profiles are her favorite, and traveling to a research site for a story is always ideal.
Gorman has her bachelor’s degree in biology and neuroscience from Williams College and a master’s degree in environmental studies from Brown University. She has also conducted research in various genetics and neuroscience laboratories and is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors and the National Association of Science Writers. Please see the Articles section for a selection of her work.
Gorman won the 2007 Bert Greene Food Journalism Award, Magazine Category, for “Miracle Up North: How the People of Finland Took a Healthy Message to Heart.” This EatingWell special report explored the dramatic cultural transformation that occurred over the past 30 years in Finland, resulting in huge reductions in cardiovascular disease. She was also nominated for a 2007 James Beard Journalism Award for the same story.
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