Sujith kumar Prankumar

Hi! I’m Sujith, a medical sociologist working at the intersection of health, law and justice, I bring an interdisciplinary research profile, a record of inclusive and innovative teaching, and commitment to community engagement. My ongoing work has a substantive focus on science and technology studies (STS), with developing expertise in socio-legal studies.

Before moving to England for full-time postgraduate law training at the Nottingham Law School (Nottingham Trent University), I was a Senior Research Associate with the Global Health Program/Asia and Pacific Health Program at the Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society (University of New South Wales) between September 2022 and January 2025. Specifically, I worked on the ACTUP-PNG project, where, in collaboration with local and international partners, I explored the acceptability and use of point-of-care HIV viral load and drug resistance testing, and early infant diagnosis, in Papua New Guinea.

I’m an investigator on several collaborative projects, concerning:

• Developing co-design approaches to prevent and test for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B in Papua New Guinea (Chief Investigator E, National Health and Medical Research Council Ideas Grant)

• Investigating the impact of legal developments on healthcare futures for gay, bisexual, and queer men in Singapore (Co-Principal Investigator, Kirby Emerging Investigator Award)

• Evaluating health and wellbeing experiences among multicultural communities in Australia (Co-investigator)

My teaching and research interests concern entanglements of social difference (particularly racial, sexual, national and religious), social inequality, citizenship, education, research methods, and social experiences of sexuality, health, illness and the law. I have worked in Australia, Singapore and the USA, in diverse environments including UNSW Sydney, Western Sydney University, Swinburne University, the University of Tasmania, the Lien Centre for Social Innovation (Singapore Management University) and Harvard University, and my work has been published in a range of peer-reviewed and media publications.

I completed my PhD through the Centre for Social Research in Health at the University of New South Wales, and have an interdisciplinary academic background in human rights (MA in Human Rights Studies; Columbia University, USA), religion (MTS Women, Gender, Sexuality and Religion; Harvard University, USA) and evaluation (Graduate Certificate of Evaluation; University of Melbourne, Australia, with a strong focus on sociological approaches throughout my training. I currently serve as Assistant Editor at the Culture, Health and Sexuality journal, and am an Associate at the Australian Human Rights Institute.

Feel free to send me a message to connect. I’m very much looking forward to hearing from you.