Julie Deardorff
Advisory Board Member
Julie Deardorff is an award-winning writer, health enthusiast, and former journalist who spent the first 23 years of her career reporting for the Chicago Tribune. Julie started “Julie’s Health Club,” the Tribune’s first health blog, and she spent more than a decade writing consumer-oriented stories to help people make better evidence-based personal health decisions. She also was a health writer for the Tribune’s investigative team. She is currently the director of communications and outreach for Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy.
A longtime runner, triathlete and yoga practitioner, Julie truly believes food is medicine. (And is still astonished that bagels spike blood sugar faster than donuts.) She is honored to be working with the pioneers of integrative medicine and the dedicated volunteers of the Gaples Institute.