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Kim Shuey is a sociologist at Western University specializing in social inequality, health disparities, and the life course. Her research primarily focuses on the relationship between economic hardship and health outcomes across different life stages, particularly examining how adverse childhood experiences affect social mobility and health in midlife. Shuey has published extensively in top-tier academic journals such as the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and the American Journal of Sociology. Her work highlights the importance of longitudinal studies in understanding health as a manifestation of social inequality, with a particular emphasis on how disadvantage and advantage are transmitted across generations within families. In addition to health, her research explores the impact of precarious employment on worker wellbeing, examining issues such as job stress and the necessity of disability accommodations. Shuey has contributed significantly to the fields of Health Sociology and Environmental Sociology, with her work addressing how social structures affect health outcomes and employment stability throughout individuals' lives.
Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.