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Adjunct Lecturer

Dr Sujith Prankumar

PhD Social Research in Health (UNSW Sydney - Dean's Outstanding Thesis Award)
MTS Women, Gender, Sexuality & Religion (Harvard University)
MA Human Rights Studies (Columbia University)
Graduate Certificate in Evaluation (University of Melbourne)

E-mail
sprankumar@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Sudarto B; Chow EPF; Chang S; Gomes C; Prankumar SK; Reeves K; Coelho A; Fairley CK; Phillips TR; Ong JJ, 2026, 'Exploring Barriers and Opportunities for Tertiary Education Providers to Deliver Sexual and Reproductive Health Education to International Students: A Qualitative Study', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 23, pp. 13 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-025-01108-5
2026
Prankumar SK; Boli-Neo R; Gare J; Keno H; Silim S; Pekon S; Schulz M; Ripa P; Gideon N; Vallely A; Badman SG; Kelly-Hanku A, 2026, 'Promises and Tensions: Clinic-Based HIV Viral Load Testing and Infant Diagnosis in Papua New Guinea', Medical Anthropology Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 45, pp. 4 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2026.2617653
2026
Khafaji S; Noor MN; Prankumar SK; Torres I; Alkhaldi M, 2025, 'A call for global actions on academic justice in Gaza', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 31, pp. 295 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.4.295
2025
Noor MN; Prankumar SK; Alkhaldi M; Torres I, 2025, 'Academic voices on the health and humanitarian crises in Gaza', Medicine Conflict and Survival, 41, pp. 124 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13623699.2025.2473802
2025
Chan RCH; Lam MS; Liu E; Mao L; Gordon T; Prankumar SK; Wong HTH, 2025, 'Gayborhoods as Spaces of Risk and Resilience: Associations of Gayborhood Residence with Psychological Distress and Substance Use among Ethnically Diverse Sexual Minority Men', Journal of Urban Health, 102, pp. 940 - 951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-025-00996-7
2025
Samad S; Irving S; Prankumar SK; Wong H; Noor MN; Saliba B, 2025, 'Analysing the Health of Queer Muslims Through the 4M Framework: A Scoping Literature Review', Sexuality and Culture, 29, pp. 1971 - 1995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10342-3
2025
Chan RCH; Lam MS; Mao L; Prankumar SK; Wong H, 2025, 'Intracommunity intersectional discrimination and its impact on psychological distress and smoking behavior among sexual minority men from minority ethnic backgrounds', Social Science and Medicine, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117723
2025
Tieosapjaroen W; Mao L; Wong H; Prankumar SK; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Phillips TR; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2024, 'Factors associated with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use among Asian men who have sex with men in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia: a cross-sectional study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 46, pp. 101071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101071
2024
Prankumar SK; Aggleton P; Bryant J; Apoifis N, 2024, 'Lebanese, Indian and Anglo LGBTQ + young Australians’ experiences at school and university: an analysis from the middle', Journal of Youth Studies, 27, pp. 1426 - 1442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2213644
2024
Horwitz R; Brener L; Prankumar SK; de Jesus T; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Bryant J, 2024, 'Understanding cultural inclusion in alcohol and other drug services in New South Wales, Australia and assessing the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1798 - 1808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13883
2024
Oosterhoff P; Saxena S; Prankumar SK; Aggleton P, 2023, 'Survivor strategies: rebuilding intimate relationships and sexual wellbeing following sexual violence', Culture Health and Sexuality, 25, pp. 1577 - 1582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2023.2272115
2023
Chan C; Mao L; Bavinton BR; Holt M; Prankumar SK; Dong K; Wark T; Chen T; Wijaya HY; Wong HTH, 2023, 'The impact of social connections and discrimination to HIV risk among Asian gay and bisexual men in Australia', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 479 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh23036
2023
Wong HTH; Prankumar SK; Cui J; Tumwine C; Addo IY; Kan W; Noor MN, 2022, 'Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review', PLOS Global Public Health, 2, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001054
2022
Cui J; Prankumar SK; Wong HTH; Addo IY; Tumwine C; Noor MN, 2022, 'Protocol for a scoping review of the use of information and communication technology platforms for the delivery and utilisation of transgender healthcare', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055914
2022
Page J; Broady T; Kumar S; de Leeuw E, 2022, 'Exploratory Visuals and Text in Qualitative Research Interviews: How Do We Respond?', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069221110302
2022
Kumar S; Aggleton P; Bryant J, 2021, 'Belonging, Citizenship and Ambivalence among Young Gay, Bisexual and Queer Indian Singaporean Men', Asian Studies Review, 45, pp. 155 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2020.1773762
2021
Newman CE; Prankumar SK; Cover R; Rasmussen ML; Marshall D; Aggleton P, 2020, 'Inclusive health care for LGBTQ+ youth: support, belonging, and inclusivity labour', Critical Public Health, 31, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2020.1725443
2020
Newman C; Persson A; Kumar S; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2019, 'Experiences of Family Belonging among Two Generations of Sexually Diverse Australians', Family Relations, 69, pp. 292 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12411
2019
Prankumar SK; Watson SR; Wong HTH; Noor MN, 2025, 'Sexual citizenship', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, pp. 345 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781803922102.ch092
2025
Prankumar SK; Nguyen L; Kaewnukul T; Ho LP; Chan RCH; Dong K; Bin Ibrahim MA; Arun Kumar P; Wong HTH, 2025, 'International Community-involved LGBTQ+ Health Research: Multidisciplinary Reflections and Strategies', in Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research Critical Perspectives and Innovative Practice, pp. 3 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-678-920251001
2025
Noor MN; Addo IY; Prankumar SK, 2023, 'Theories of Practice and Global Public Health', in Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health, pp. 273 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25110-8_24
2023
Prankumar SK; Robert Watson S; Arun Kumar P, 2023, 'Living under the shadow of the law', in Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights, Routledge, pp. 101 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003278405-13
2023
Prankumar SK; Watson SR; Arun Kumar P, 2023, 'Living under the shadow of the law: Sexual citizenship and belonging in Singapore and Australia', in Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Gender Health and Rights Second Edition, pp. 101 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003278405-13
2023
Noor MN; Addo IY; Prankumar SK, 2023, 'Theories of Practice and Global Public Health', in Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_24-1
2023
Aggleton P; Prankumar S; Cover R; Leahy D; Marshall D; Rasmussen ML, 2018, 'Youth, sexuality and sexual citizenship: an introduction', in Aggleton P; Cover R; Leahy D; Marshall D; Rasmussen ML (ed.), Youth, Sexuality and Sexual Citizenship, Routledge, London, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351214742
2018
De Jesus T; Horwitz R; Prankumar SK; Bryant J; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Brener L, 2023, 'eDeveloping a culturally and linguistically diverse organisational audit tool for drug and alcohol treatment services: Evaluation findings and insights from culturally and linguistically diverse experts', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S63 - S64
2023
Liu E; Prankumar S; Wong H; Mao L, 2023, Ageing at the intersection of diversities: Assessing and addressing formal and informal care needs when diversities intersect, the Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory, Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (Maridulu Budyari Gumal), https://arcg.is/1XLGXv0
2023
Prankumar SK, 2019, Race and Sexuality, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2018.1537133
2019
Prankumar SK, 2019, Other, Please Specify: Queer Methods in Sociology, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783319853477
2019
Horwitz R; Prankumar SK; Bryant J; De Jesus T; Jaworski A; Brener L, 2023, Cultural Inclusion Evaluation Report: Assessing cultural inclusion in AOD services and the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit at four pilot sites., http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/6jg1-5g81
2023
Noor MN; Prankumar SK, 2021, 'An integrated approach to reducing young people’s risk of homelessness and HIV/STI in Pakistan', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 September 2021 - 11 September 2021
2021
Noor MN, 2019, 'Negotiating competing risks: lived contexts in which HIV/STI prevention becomes a secondary concern', presented at New Ideas and their Implementation in Arts & Social Science Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 August 2019
2019
Newman C; Kumar S; Cover R; Rasmussen M; Marshall D; Southerton C; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2018, 'Intersecting diversities: Representations of ‘inclusive care’ in the Queer Generations study.', presented at TASA Conference 2018: Precarity, Rights, Resistance, Melbourne, 20 November 2018 - 22 November 2018
2018
Newman C; Kumar S; Cover R; Rasmussen M; Marshall D; Southerton C; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2018, 'Expectations and experiences of ‘inclusive’ sexual and reproductive health care in the Queer Generations study', presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress 2018, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018
2018
Newman C; Kumar S; Cover R; Rasmussen M; Marshall D; Southerton C; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2018, 'Intersecting diversities: Representations of ‘inclusive care’ in the Queer Generations study.', presented at Australasian Ally Conference, Perth, 27 September 2018 - 28 September 2018
2018

UNSW Dean’s Award for Outstanding PhD Thesis (2022)
UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship (2017-2021)
UNSW Arts and Social Sciences HDR Faculty Supported Research Funding (2018, 2019)
Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace (2015)
Jessica K. & Ronald D. Liebowitz Centennial Fellowship (2014)
Toyota Motor Corporation Scholarship (2012)
University of South Australia Chancellor's Letter of Commendation (2011)

NHMRC Ideas Grant (2024-2027, co-chief investigator)
Kirby Emerging Investigator Award (2023, principal investigator)

Sudarto B; Chow EPF; Chang S; Gomes C; Prankumar SK; Reeves K; Coelho A; Fairley CK; Phillips TR; Ong JJ, 2026, 'Exploring Barriers and Opportunities for Tertiary Education Providers to Deliver Sexual and Reproductive Health Education to International Students: A Qualitative Study', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 23, pp. 13 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-025-01108-5
2026
Prankumar SK; Boli-Neo R; Gare J; Keno H; Silim S; Pekon S; Schulz M; Ripa P; Gideon N; Vallely A; Badman SG; Kelly-Hanku A, 2026, 'Promises and Tensions: Clinic-Based HIV Viral Load Testing and Infant Diagnosis in Papua New Guinea', Medical Anthropology Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 45, pp. 4 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2026.2617653
2026
Khafaji S; Noor MN; Prankumar SK; Torres I; Alkhaldi M, 2025, 'A call for global actions on academic justice in Gaza', Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 31, pp. 295 - 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.26719/2025.31.4.295
2025
Noor MN; Prankumar SK; Alkhaldi M; Torres I, 2025, 'Academic voices on the health and humanitarian crises in Gaza', Medicine Conflict and Survival, 41, pp. 124 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13623699.2025.2473802
2025
Chan RCH; Lam MS; Liu E; Mao L; Gordon T; Prankumar SK; Wong HTH, 2025, 'Gayborhoods as Spaces of Risk and Resilience: Associations of Gayborhood Residence with Psychological Distress and Substance Use among Ethnically Diverse Sexual Minority Men', Journal of Urban Health, 102, pp. 940 - 951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11524-025-00996-7
2025
Samad S; Irving S; Prankumar SK; Wong H; Noor MN; Saliba B, 2025, 'Analysing the Health of Queer Muslims Through the 4M Framework: A Scoping Literature Review', Sexuality and Culture, 29, pp. 1971 - 1995, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12119-025-10342-3
2025
Chan RCH; Lam MS; Mao L; Prankumar SK; Wong H, 2025, 'Intracommunity intersectional discrimination and its impact on psychological distress and smoking behavior among sexual minority men from minority ethnic backgrounds', Social Science and Medicine, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117723
2025
Tieosapjaroen W; Mao L; Wong H; Prankumar SK; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Phillips TR; Zhang L; Ong JJ, 2024, 'Factors associated with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis use among Asian men who have sex with men in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia: a cross-sectional study', Lancet Regional Health Western Pacific, 46, pp. 101071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101071
2024
Prankumar SK; Aggleton P; Bryant J; Apoifis N, 2024, 'Lebanese, Indian and Anglo LGBTQ + young Australians’ experiences at school and university: an analysis from the middle', Journal of Youth Studies, 27, pp. 1426 - 1442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2213644
2024
Horwitz R; Brener L; Prankumar SK; de Jesus T; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Bryant J, 2024, 'Understanding cultural inclusion in alcohol and other drug services in New South Wales, Australia and assessing the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit', Drug and Alcohol Review, 43, pp. 1798 - 1808, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar.13883
2024
Oosterhoff P; Saxena S; Prankumar SK; Aggleton P, 2023, 'Survivor strategies: rebuilding intimate relationships and sexual wellbeing following sexual violence', Culture Health and Sexuality, 25, pp. 1577 - 1582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2023.2272115
2023
Chan C; Mao L; Bavinton BR; Holt M; Prankumar SK; Dong K; Wark T; Chen T; Wijaya HY; Wong HTH, 2023, 'The impact of social connections and discrimination to HIV risk among Asian gay and bisexual men in Australia', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 479 - 487, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh23036
2023
Wong HTH; Prankumar SK; Cui J; Tumwine C; Addo IY; Kan W; Noor MN, 2022, 'Information and communication technology-based health interventions for transgender people: A scoping review', PLOS Global Public Health, 2, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0001054
2022
Cui J; Prankumar SK; Wong HTH; Addo IY; Tumwine C; Noor MN, 2022, 'Protocol for a scoping review of the use of information and communication technology platforms for the delivery and utilisation of transgender healthcare', BMJ Open, 12, pp. 1 - 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055914
2022
Page J; Broady T; Kumar S; de Leeuw E, 2022, 'Exploratory Visuals and Text in Qualitative Research Interviews: How Do We Respond?', International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069221110302
2022
Kumar S; Aggleton P; Bryant J, 2021, 'Belonging, Citizenship and Ambivalence among Young Gay, Bisexual and Queer Indian Singaporean Men', Asian Studies Review, 45, pp. 155 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2020.1773762
2021
Newman CE; Prankumar SK; Cover R; Rasmussen ML; Marshall D; Aggleton P, 2020, 'Inclusive health care for LGBTQ+ youth: support, belonging, and inclusivity labour', Critical Public Health, 31, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09581596.2020.1725443
2020
Newman C; Persson A; Kumar S; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2019, 'Experiences of Family Belonging among Two Generations of Sexually Diverse Australians', Family Relations, 69, pp. 292 - 307, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fare.12411
2019
Prankumar SK; Watson SR; Wong HTH; Noor MN, 2025, 'Sexual citizenship', in Elgar Encyclopedia of Queer Studies, pp. 345 - 347, http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781803922102.ch092
2025
Prankumar SK; Nguyen L; Kaewnukul T; Ho LP; Chan RCH; Dong K; Bin Ibrahim MA; Arun Kumar P; Wong HTH, 2025, 'International Community-involved LGBTQ+ Health Research: Multidisciplinary Reflections and Strategies', in Public Involvement and Community Engagement in Applied Health and Social Care Research Critical Perspectives and Innovative Practice, pp. 3 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83608-678-920251001
2025
Noor MN; Addo IY; Prankumar SK, 2023, 'Theories of Practice and Global Public Health', in Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health, pp. 273 - 290, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25110-8_24
2023
Prankumar SK; Robert Watson S; Arun Kumar P, 2023, 'Living under the shadow of the law', in Routledge Handbook of Sexuality, Gender, Health and Rights, Routledge, pp. 101 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003278405-13
2023
Prankumar SK; Watson SR; Arun Kumar P, 2023, 'Living under the shadow of the law: Sexual citizenship and belonging in Singapore and Australia', in Routledge Handbook of Sexuality Gender Health and Rights Second Edition, pp. 101 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003278405-13
2023
Noor MN; Addo IY; Prankumar SK, 2023, 'Theories of Practice and Global Public Health', in Handbook of Social Sciences and Global Public Health, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96778-9_24-1
2023
Aggleton P; Prankumar S; Cover R; Leahy D; Marshall D; Rasmussen ML, 2018, 'Youth, sexuality and sexual citizenship: an introduction', in Aggleton P; Cover R; Leahy D; Marshall D; Rasmussen ML (ed.), Youth, Sexuality and Sexual Citizenship, Routledge, London, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351214742
2018
De Jesus T; Horwitz R; Prankumar SK; Bryant J; Jaworski A; Jadran A; Brener L, 2023, 'eDeveloping a culturally and linguistically diverse organisational audit tool for drug and alcohol treatment services: Evaluation findings and insights from culturally and linguistically diverse experts', in DRUG AND ALCOHOL REVIEW, WILEY, pp. S63 - S64
2023
Liu E; Prankumar S; Wong H; Mao L, 2023, Ageing at the intersection of diversities: Assessing and addressing formal and informal care needs when diversities intersect, the Healthy Urban Environments (HUE) Collaboratory, Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (Maridulu Budyari Gumal), https://arcg.is/1XLGXv0
2023
Prankumar SK, 2019, Race and Sexuality, ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14461242.2018.1537133
2019
Prankumar SK, 2019, Other, Please Specify: Queer Methods in Sociology, SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1440783319853477
2019
Horwitz R; Prankumar SK; Bryant J; De Jesus T; Jaworski A; Brener L, 2023, Cultural Inclusion Evaluation Report: Assessing cultural inclusion in AOD services and the acceptability of a cultural inclusion audit at four pilot sites., http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/6jg1-5g81
2023
Noor MN; Prankumar SK, 2021, 'An integrated approach to reducing young people’s risk of homelessness and HIV/STI in Pakistan', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 09 September 2021 - 11 September 2021
2021
Noor MN, 2019, 'Negotiating competing risks: lived contexts in which HIV/STI prevention becomes a secondary concern', presented at New Ideas and their Implementation in Arts & Social Science Research, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, 14 August 2019
2019
Newman C; Kumar S; Cover R; Rasmussen M; Marshall D; Southerton C; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2018, 'Intersecting diversities: Representations of ‘inclusive care’ in the Queer Generations study.', presented at TASA Conference 2018: Precarity, Rights, Resistance, Melbourne, 20 November 2018 - 22 November 2018
2018
Newman C; Kumar S; Cover R; Rasmussen M; Marshall D; Southerton C; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2018, 'Expectations and experiences of ‘inclusive’ sexual and reproductive health care in the Queer Generations study', presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress 2018, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018
2018
Newman C; Kumar S; Cover R; Rasmussen M; Marshall D; Southerton C; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2018, 'Intersecting diversities: Representations of ‘inclusive care’ in the Queer Generations study.', presented at Australasian Ally Conference, Perth, 27 September 2018 - 28 September 2018
2018