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Rachel Zamzow

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Rachel Zamzow is an award-winning science journalist and editor based in Waco, Texas. She is managing editor of The Open Notebook, a non-profit organization that supports the global community of journalists who cover science. Her work covering science and health has appeared in The TransmitterScience, and Science News, among other publications.

Rachel has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Missouri. She tweets @RachelZamzow.

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