Simone Scully Expertise: Health Title: Health Editorial Director, Performance Marketing Education: Columbia University, London School of Economics Location: New York Highlights Simone is the editorial director for performance marketing, where she oversees health, fitness, family, and mind content.As an award-winning health journalist with over 10 years of experience, her work has appeared at Healthline, Well+Good, Psych Central, Narratively, Greatist, Romper, The Weather Channel, Mental Floss, Upworthy, and more.She earned her Master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she was awarded the John Horgan Award for critical science and health journalism. Experience Simone is the health editorial director for performance marketing. She has over a decade of experience writing about mental health, medicine, and science as a professional journalist.She's written extensively about psychological and medical research, relationship conflicts, pregnancy, and postpartum care, neonatal loss, chronic condition mental health support, and the latest wellness trends. Her byline has appeared at Healthline, Well+Good, Psych Central, Greatist, Narratively, Romper, Nautilus, Narratively, AskMen, and Motherfigure Magazine among other places.Previously, Simone worked as an editor at The Weather Channel, Upworthy, theSkimm, and Business Insider. Visit her website at simonescully.com for more information.Simone was awarded the John Horgan Award for critical science and health journalism from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Her work at The Weather Channel won a number of awards, including the 2020 IAC Award for Best Environmental Online Campaign, the 2020 CMA award for Best Series of Articles, and the 2020 Digiday Award for Best B2C Branded Content Site. Education Simone has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she was awarded the John Horgan Award for critical science and health journalism at graduation.Simone also received an MFA from Columbia University and a bachelor of science with honors in international relations from the London School of Economics. About The Balance The Balance, a Dotdash Meredith brand, makes money easy to understand. We give people tools they need to not only make smart financial decisions but also prepare for the experiences they will have along the way. Our team of expert writers and editors have extensive qualifications in the topics they cover, and many of them have MBAs, PhDs, CFPs, and other advanced degrees and professional certifications. We require our writers to use primary sources in their articles, which are also approved by our Financial Review Board and fact-checked. You can learn more about the standards we follow in producing accurate, unbiased content in our editorial policy.