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Rachel Carey

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Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Zinc

United Kingdom

About

Behavioural scientist and psychologist who joined Zinc in 2017 after roles at UCL and Bupa. She focuses on applying science in ventures and measuring impact, and is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow.

Experience

  1. Zinc Innovation PartnersCo-Founder & Chief Scientistcurrent2025 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. UCL Centre for Behaviour ChangeAssociate Consultantcurrent2016 — present
  3. Zinc VCChief Scientist2017 — 2025London Area, United Kingdom
  4. Sciana | The Health Leaders NetworkSciana Fellow2022 — 2024
  5. BupaSenior Behaviour Change Research Advisor2016 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
  6. University College LondonResearch Associate2014 — 2016

Education

  1. University of GalwayB.A. (Hons), Psychology (International)
  2. University of GalwayDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Psychology
  3. Universität Salzburg(ERASMUS Scholarship), Psychology

Skills & more

SPSS25Microsoft Office3Research23Psychology26EEGStatistics13Lecturing11Data Analysis9Teaching7Research Design7Literature Reviews8Public Speaking7
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  • An Introduction to Cochrane Systematic Reviews (certificate of attendance) — The Cochrane Collaboration
  • European Computer Driving Licence Foundation (ECDL) certificate — Presentation College Headford
  • Proficiency Level 1, 2 and 3 training certificates — ISPCC
  • Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) certificate — National Office for Suicide Prevention
  • ALIVE certificate for volunteering — National University of Ireland, Galway

From Rachel's professional profile.

Colleagues at Zinc

David Herbada
Venture Partner at Zinc
Eleanor Ford
Chief People Officer at Zinc
Ella Goldner
Co-Founder, Managing Partner at Zinc
Emilie Syed
Investment Principal at Zinc
Kate Hyslop
Head of Marketing at Zinc
Lily Mcfarlane
Partner, Product at Zinc
Luke Charbonnier-Bevan
Senior Manager and Principal Deep Tech Consultant at Zinc
Maria Fomina
Manager at Zinc

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Also attended Universität Salzburg7

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Shared employers

Also worked at Zinc Innovation Partners2

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Also worked at Zinc VC29

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Also worked at Bupa2

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