About

Julia Belluz is a journalist focused on medicine, science, and global public health. She’s currently at work on a book about nutrition, metabolism, and obesity science for Avery/Penguin (US) and Headline/Hachette (UK).

Before joining Vox as their former long-time senior health correspondent in Washington, DC, Julia was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT and worked as a reporter in Toronto and London. Her writing has appeared in a range of international publications, including the BMJ, the Chicago Tribune, the Economist, the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, the New York Times, ProPublica, and the Times of London. Her work has also had an impact, helping improve policies on maternal health and mental healthcare for first responders at the hospital- and state-level, as well as inspiring everything from scientific studies to an opera.

Julia has been honored with numerous journalism awards, including the 2016 Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, the 2017 American Society of Nutrition Journalism Award, and three Canadian National Magazine Awards (in 2007 and 2013). In 2019, she was a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Communications Award finalist. She wrote the chapter on covering public health for the Tactical Guide to Science Journalism (2022), and about why health journalism matters for the book To Save Humanity: What Matters Most for a Healthy Future (2015).

Outside of writing, she regularly delivers talks at universities and conferences the world over, and was a commissioner for the Global Commission on Evidence to Address Societal Challenges. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.

A native of Toronto, Julia lives in Paris, France. You can contact her here, and follow her work on Twitter @juliaoftoronto, Mastodon @juliaoftoronto@masto.ai, Facebook or Substack.