Meet Kimberly J Turner, Ph.D., | 2021 YPAL Award Winner

As a Business Intelligence Principal at Humana, Kimberly works to understand customer problems. This sounds simple enough on the surface, but Kimberly Turner, Ph.D., appreciates how complex customers and the problems they encounter are. Kimberly is a social demographer. If you aren’t familiar with what a social demographer does, don’t worry, I had to look it up, too. Demographers in the field of sociology carry out research on varied aspects of population composition, distribution, and change. Kimberly’s research focuses on the interplay between family experiences, socioeconomic status, and racial-ethnic disparities, as well as understanding the role of public policy in countering growing inequality. Kimberly stands out because she is using her unique background and skillset to make long-term, community-wide impact through one of Louisville’s largest companies.