Rachael is currently an enterprise and investigative reporter for MedPage Today, covering topics like public health, research, and the forces shaping public trust in the medical and scientific enterprise. She ideated and launched MedPod Today, a bi-weekly health news podcast, and has hosted and produced more than 55 episodes.

Rachael was awarded the innaugural Doris Duke Foundation/AHCJ Uncovering Pathways to Better Health fellowship in 2026. She traveled to different cities to connect with interdisciplinary researchers and community leaders on the intersections of health and racial equity, philanthropy, and climate. She organized and moderated a panel for the 2025 AHCJ fall summit on successful partnerships between community groups and health systems to improve health outcomes.

In 2025, Rachael's investigation (Should Pharmaceutical Companies Sell Weight-Loss Drugs Directly to Consumers?) was part of MedPage Today's NIHCM Trade Journalism Award finalist package.

Her freelance work has been published in outlets like Gizmodo, Everyday Health, The Bronx Times, AudioFiles, and NYCity News Service.

Rachael earned her MA in Journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in 2022, focusing on health and science reporting. At J-school, she planned a pitch workshop with NYT bestseller Linda Villarosa and a "Queer Audio Makers Making Queer Audio" panel, which she moderated. 

Before journalism, Rachael worked for an elder care organization serving low-income New Yorkers. Her undergraduate studies at Allegheny College focused on the nexus of communication and public health.

But even before then, Rachael has long been nerdy about health and storytelling. As a kid, she wrote and filmed PSAs about made-up afflictions. (Ask her about Mad Rabbit Disease).

In her free time, Rachael reads in abundance, bakes tasty treats, listens to (and makes) podcasts, rock climbs, and plays roller derby.