Campus
- Mississauga (UTM)
Cross-Appointments
Fields of Study
- Health
Areas of Interest
Health geography, health equity, migrant wellbeing, environment and health, healthcare access.
Biography
I am a health geographer and currently the Canada Research Chair on Immigrant Wellbeing and Global Health. My teaching and research straddle migration and health geographies. Broadly, my research interests and ongoing research projects focus on two themes – a) marginalized populations – specifically, understanding wellbeing, health access and health outcomes of minoritized populations and b) environment-health connections – specifically, understanding the impact of physical and social environments on population health outcomes.
Prospective students from all backgrounds are welcome and encouraged to come join my team. Gender diverse persons, LGBTQ2S+ persons, women, persons with disabilities, racialized persons and all persons with backgrounds not typically represented in the academy are especially encouraged to come join my team. I am interested in how policies and structural factors impact migration, migrant wellbeing, population health outcomes, health equity, health disparities and environment and health. I welcome students with interests in these areas and I am open to discussing other research areas that may be connected. I supervise students in our graduate geography and planning programs at the masters and PhD levels. Undergraduate students with interests in pursuing honours thesis projects in geography or interested in developing research skills through UTM’s Research Opportunity Program (ROP) are also welcome to work with my research group.
Publications
Konkor, I., Kuuire, V.Z., & Bisung, E. (2023). Understanding perceptions of neighborhood health and non-communicable disease risks in urban contexts in Ghana. Social Science and Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115574.
Bisung, E., Achore, M., Dassah, E. & Kuuire, V.Z., (2022). Public health response to COVID-19 pandemic and drivers of mistrust in Ghana. African Geographical Review, DOI: 10.1080/19376812.2021.2007411
Ghaem-Maghami, S. & Kuuire, V.Z. (2021). Immigrants Serving in Local Government: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Factors Affecting Candidacy and Election. Urban Affairs Review. DOI: 10.1177/10780874211038500.
Kuuire, V.Z., Tenkorang, E.Y., Amegbor P.M., & Rosenberg, M. (2020). Understanding unmet healthcare needs among older Ghanaians: A gendered perspective. Ageing and Society. doi:10.1017/S0144686X19001892.