Rate My Professor Alex Broom

Professor Broom has published over 300 academic works, including 17 books, with recent titles such as A World of Resistance (Harvard University Press, 2026, co-authored with Assa Doron) and Survivorship: A Sociology of Cancer in Everyday Life (2021). His highly cited publications include 'Virtually he@lthy: the impact of internet use on disease experience and the doctor-patient relationship' (Qualitative Health Research, 2005, 665 citations), 'Cultures of resistance? A Bourdieusian analysis of doctors' antibiotic prescribing' (Social Science & Medicine, 2014, 245 citations), and 'SARS-CoV-2: the viral shedding vs infectivity dilemma' (Infection, Disease & Health, 2020, 243 citations). With more than 14,000 citations and an h-index of 65, he ranks in the top 2% of researchers worldwide. As an investigator, he has secured over AU$30 million in competitive research grants. Professor Broom is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (elected 2025), and has held visiting and honorary positions at the University of California, Berkeley, King’s College London, the University of Vienna, the University of British Columbia, and Paris Dauphine University. He has supervised 15 PhD candidates to completion and is committed to building interdisciplinary research ecosystems that inform policy, industry, and society.