Education

Larry Au is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at The City College of New York, CUNY in the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership. My research examines the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in the production of biomedical knowledge, and asks how clinicians and scientists can better serve their patients and the public. Part of this work examines the globalization of precision medicine—or the use of genomics and other forms of big data to improve diagnosis and treatment—as a policy idea and scientific project, focusing primarily on its rise in China. Another part of this research looks at the politics of expertise around Long Covid, in particular, the experience of patients as they navigate uncertainties around their condition.

I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University in 2022. Previously, I graduated from Brown University with a B.Sc. in Social Analysis and Research with Honors and magna cum laude and a M.A. in History concurrently. I also hold a M.Sc. in Global Governance and Diplomacy from the University of Oxford, where I was a member of St. Antony's College.

I will be serving as an elected council member (2023-2025) of the American Sociological Association's Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section, a co-organizer (2023-2028) of the newly formed Network T: Health at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, and a member of the editorial board of The Sociological Quarterly.