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.
Professor Walker is Academic Lead of the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR) and lead researcher for the Social and Psychological Aspects of Research into Long-term health Conditions (SPARC) group. She is Associate Director of the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre and Chair of the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Committee.
Journal Article
Clinician and patient experiences of managing and living with oral and dental manifestations of scleroderma: A scoping review
Mills, T. J., Price, E., Aggarwal, V. R., Del Galdo, F., & Walker, L. (2023). Clinician and patient experiences of managing and living with oral and dental manifestations of scleroderma: A scoping review. Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders, https://doi.org/10.1177/23971983231193515
Expanding the scope of ethical research with and for children and young people–six viewpoints on crisis, cross-cultural working and reciprocity
Hadfield-Hill, S., Finn, M., Dudman, J., Ergler, C., Freeman, C., Hayes, T. A., …Walker, L. (2023). Expanding the scope of ethical research with and for children and young people–six viewpoints on crisis, cross-cultural working and reciprocity. Children's Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2023.2259331