Allison Aubrey

Allison Aubrey is the food and health correspondent at NPR News, focused on healthy aging. Her stories can be heard on "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered." She also serves as a contributor on "CBS News Sunday Morning." She is a 2021 recipient of the Recognizing Excellence in Advancing Health Literacy award.

Along with her NPR science desk colleagues, Aubrey is the winner of a 2019 Gracie Award. She received a James Beard Broadcast Award in 2018 for her coverage of "Food As Medicine." Additionally, Aubrey won a James Beard Award in 2016 for "Best TV Segment" for a PBS/NPR collaboration. This series included an investigation into the link between pesticides and the decline of bees and other pollinators, as well as a two-part series on food waste. In 2013, Aubrey won a Gracie Award with her colleagues on "The Salt," NPR's food vertical. They also won a 2012 James Beard Award for best food blog. In 2009, Aubrey was awarded the American Society for Nutrition's Media Award for her reporting on food and nutrition. She was honored with the 2006 National Press Club Award for Consumer Journalism in radio and earned a 2005 Medical Evidence Fellowship by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Knight Foundation. In 2009-2010, she was a Kaiser Media Fellow.

Aubrey is a founding host of NPR's "Life Kit" and also hosted the "Tiny Desk Kitchen" video series. Before coming to NPR, Aubrey was a reporter for the "PBS NewsHour."

Aubrey received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Denison University and a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University.