Julia Belluz is a journalist specializing in medicine, science, and public health. She is currently the health correspondent for Vox Media. Before working for Vox, Belluz was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT. Her writing has appeared in a the BMJ, the Chicago Tribune, the Economist and Economist's Intelligent Life magazine, the Globe and Mail, the LA Times, Maclean’s, the National Post, Slate, and the Times of London. Belluz received her MSc from the London School of Economics. She is the recipient of numerous journalism awards, including the Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, the American Society of Nutrition Journalism Award, and several Canadian National Magazine Awards.