Yanze Yu is a Ph.D. student and Paul F. Lazarsfeld Fellow in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University. He is also a research fellow at The Trust Collaboratory, The Center on Organizational Innovation, and a Precision Medicine & Society Fellow at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
His research lies at the intersection of medicine, science and technology studies, and political economy, with a broad focus on the social processes of medicalization. In particular, he is interested in embodiment and valuation within pharmaceuticalization. His work examines a wide range of conditions, including tics (Tourette’s syndrome, TikTok Tics), ADHD, rare diseases, and Long COVID.
Yanze is also launching the “China Reading & innovation Lab” (CRiL) at Columbia, an initiative aimed at fostering a vibrant transnational network of scholars and practitioners. He welcomes new friends and collaborators to join future events.
Prior to joining Columbia, Yanze earned an M.A. in Chinese Studies from the University of Michigan, along with a Graduate Certificate in Science, Technology, and Society. He completed his LL.B. in Sociology at Fudan University, where he was honored as a Wangdao Scholar.
Embracing life as both a New Yorker and a new Shanghainese, Yanze takes pride in his roots in Michigan and Fujian.