Liam Mannix is an science journalist based in Melbourne, Australia. He writes for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald as their national science reporter.

His coverage of COVID-19 saw him awarded the 2020 Walkley Award for print feature writing, the 2022 Press Club Quill for Excellence in Science, Medical and Health Reporting, and the June Andrews Award for Industrial Relations Reporting. His science analysis was highly commended in the 2022 Press Club Quill for Commentary.

His investigation into the nerve pain drug Lyrica saw him awarded the 2019 Eureka Prize, Australia's top science journalism honour, the
Barry Williams Award for Skeptical Journalism, and the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists' Media Award. His work has appeared in two editions of the Best Australian Science Writing.

He has twice won the Walkley Foundation Young Journalist of the Year (Innovation).

He is the author of the upcoming book BACK-BREAK, an investigation into the damage the back pain industry is doing - and the new science that just might offer a solution.

Journalism: The Age

Twitter: @liammannix

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