Faculty Fellow, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
Faculty Fellow
Cary Wu (PhD, UBC) is an assistant professor of sociology at York University. His research focuses on political culture, race and ethnicity, and health inequality. He has published widely on these topics and often shares his research with the public via national and international TV, radio, and newspaper forums including NPR, CBC, CTV, Washington Post, Toronto Star, Maclean’s, and The Economist. He is currently working on a five-year (2022-2026) SSHRC Insight Grant research project to develop a political sociology of health (PSH) to study social and political trust as essential determinants of health.
Research keywords:
Political sociology of health; global health
Themes | Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
Events |
Public Awareness of One Health, with Cary Wu | September 22, 2023 |
Related Work |
Evaluating the Governance of Emergent Pandemic Zoonoses | Project, Research
Critical Perspectives in Global Health | Project, Research |
Updates |
Pandemic Prevention and Global Policy in Geneva | June 25, 2024
Key Moments from the Trust and Political Sociology of Health Workshop | April 12, 2024 Student Opportunity SU24 - Trust & Sleep Research Assistant | March 27, 2024 Student Opportunity – Dean's Award for Research Excellence | February 1, 2024 Recap – Integration and Public Awareness of One Health as an Integrated and Unifying Strategy | January 17, 2024 York University Presents 15 York Research Chairs | July 10, 2023 |
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