Qualifications
- BA (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg)
- BA (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg)
- MA (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg)
- PhD / DPhil (University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg)
Summary
Professor Walker has an international research profile within the field of the sociology of health and gender and its applicability to social work.
Her expertise in the area of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa has been influential in the areas of social inequality and stigma. Her recent work focuses on the sociology of with chronic illness, specifically auto-immune conditions. She also undertakes research on palliative and end of life care in social care.
Professor Walker is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Culture) and Joint Academic Lead of the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR). She is Associate Director of the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre.
Journal Article
Oral health and dental care challenges in scleroderma - perspectives of dentists, rheumatologists and patients
Mills, T. J., Price, E., Aggarwal, V. R., Del Galdo, F., & Walker, L. (2024). Oral health and dental care challenges in scleroderma - perspectives of dentists, rheumatologists and patients. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(4), Article rkae121. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae121
Homecare workers needs and experiences in end of life care: rapid review
Forward, C., Bayley, Z., Walker, L., Krygier, J., White, C., Mwaba, K., Elliott-Button, H., Taylor, P., & Johnson, M. J. (in press). Homecare workers needs and experiences in end of life care: rapid review. BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, https://doi.org/10.1136/spcare-2023-004737
Erratum: Correction: Supported: Supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: A qualitative study protocol (PloS one (2023) 18 12 (e0291525))
Bayley, Z., Bothma, J., Bravington, A., Forward, C., Hussain, J., Manthorpe, J., Pearson, M., Roberts, H., Taylor, P., Walker, L., White, C., Wray, J., & Johnson, M. J. (2024). Erratum: Correction: Supported: Supporting, enabling, and sustaining homecare workers to deliver end-of-life care: A qualitative study protocol (PloS one (2023) 18 12 (e0291525)). PLoS ONE, 19(2), Article e0298925. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298925
Research interests
Lived experience of Long Term Conditions
Advanced illness, palliative and end of life care
Health inequalities
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Supporting, enabling and sustaining home care workers to deliver end-of-life care: amultiple-methods community-based case study
Funder
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
Grant
£596,722.00
Started
1 October 2022
Status
Ongoing
Project
There’s no place like home? Exploring dying at home in urban poverty
Funder
ESRC Economic & Social Research Council
Grant
£281,917.00
Started
1 May 2025
Status
Ongoing
Project
The impact of oral manifestations of scleroderma on quality of life
Funder
Scleroderma & Raynaud's UK
Grant
£36,769.00
Started
1 January 2022
Status
Complete
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
TRANSFORM: Reducing Inequalities in Cancer Outcomes in Yorkshire: Realising our potential for innovation in Diagnosis, Patient Management, Survivorship and Palliative Care Research
Funder
YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research
Grant
£1,806,650.00
Started
1 September 2017
Status
Ongoing
Project
Enabling equity for minority ethnic unpaid and family carers: Cultural acceptability of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool Intervention and Methods for Evaluation
Funder
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
Grant
£245,420.00
Started
1 January 2025
Status
Ongoing
Project
EMPOWER: Empowering a Meaningful Life for All, Dementia Network Plus
Funder
ESRC Economic & Social Research Council
Grant
£46,922.00
Started
1 April 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
I3: Building Critical Mass, Increasing Scale and Impact for Palliative Care through International Collaboration
Funder
Research England
Grant
£403,507.00
Started
1 August 2019
Status
Complete
Project
Service Users perspectives to accessing Type 2 Diabetes Services within East Riding of Yorkshire
Funder
NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group
Grant
£20,725.00
Started
1 January 2016
Status
Complete
Project
Hospital 7 day working for the Social work team
Funder
HCC Hull City Council
Grant
£7,508.00
Started
1 October 2020
Status
Complete
Project
Interchange Scheme
Funder
Pickering & Ferens Homes
Grant
£9,775.00
Started
1 September 2020
Status
Complete
Project
The Yorkshire & Humber Palliative Care Research Network: Addressing Inequalities Across All Ages
Funder
NIHR National Institute for Health Research
Grant
£98,332.00
Started
1 March 2022
Status
Complete
Project
NERC: Supporting Interdisciplinarity in Discovery Science 2022
Funder
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
Grant
£14,197.00
Started
1 October 2022
Status
Complete
Project
HHIPP: Hull Hip fracture Intervention and Prevention Programme
Funder
Osprey
Grant
£50,000.00
Started
1 November 2019
Status
Complete
Project
Transition in Type 1 Diabetes: Service Users’ Perspectives on the Transition from Children to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Services within Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire
Funder
Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Grant
£18,400.00
Started
1 June 2018
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Professor Walker currently supervises in the fields of sociology of chronic and advanced illness, health inequalities.