Michelle Au

Michelle Au lives in Johns Creek, Georgia.[1] Au graduated from Hunter College High School in 1995.[1][2] She earned a B.A. in psychobiology from Wellesley College in 1999, an M.D. from Columbia University in 2003, and an M.P.H. from Columbia University in 2019.[1][2][3] Au's career experience includes working as an anesthesiologist and equity partner with Physician Specialists in Anesthesia, P.C., a public speaker, and an author.[2][3][4]

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a first generation Chinese-American, and the proud product of a public school education. After graduating from Wellesley College, I attended medical school at Columbia University, where I also earned a Masters Degree in Public Health. I'm a physician currently practicing in Atlanta, GA.

I became a doctor because I wanted to help people and fix difficult problems. My decision to enter this new phase of public service stems from that same desire. Because it doesn't take much time in clinical practice to realize that many of the factors leading to unhealthy communities are beyond our ability to remedy at the bedside.

There has never been a more important time to have experienced science and healthcare voices in the Georgia General Assembly. Factors like access to affordable healthcare, access to economic opportunity, access to quality education, and public safety are broader issues than I want to address as state Senator, and the goals of my candidacy are an extension of that Hippocratic oath I took years ago. I want to help people, and that's why I'm running for office.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, both from a public health and an economic standpoint, is going to take a steady, experienced hand with real-world knowledge of how health and its social factors are interconnected. There has never been a more important time to have voices with expertise in science and healthcare in the legislative arena. Uniform access to a high-quality education is one of the key ways to establish social equity from the ground up, and I am dedicated strengthening and modernizing public education in the state of Georgia. I've already invested my most precious asset into this system-my three children. So yes, this issue is personal and I know it is personal to every resident in District 48. It is one of my priorities to ensure that metro Atlanta and Georgia adopt and fund viable public transportation options. I see it as our path to solving our traffic problems, growing economic opportunity, and investing in a cleaner environment.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

As a physician with an advanced degree in public health and more than two decades of experience in frontline healthcare, I think I would contribute meaningfully to the General Assembly in this moment in history, particularly in the realm of health policy. I believe I would make a difference in the area I serve by bringing a brand of personal experience, perspective, and scientific literacy that the state has sorely been lacking. I seek to be a bulwark against interests that seek to dismantle patient protections and attacks against public health that I see as vital to our state's forward progress.

I seek to be a reasoned, pragmatic, date-driven voice to cut through partisan arguments. I think that, in this day and age of partisan politics, it's a perspective that we desperately need, and I seek to be that voice and to do the work required to get there.