Jennifer Walker

Core Scientist
Indigenous Health Lead

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Health System Planning & Evaluation Research Program

Assistant
Cecilia Barnes, Research Administrative Assistant, 416-480-4055 Ext. 6903

Biography

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Education

PhD, Epidemiology, University of Calgary
BSc, Health Studies, University of Waterloo

Research Focus

Indigenous health
Chronic diseases and conditions
Health services research

Other Affiliations

Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health, Laurentian University
Senior Research Associate, Centre for Rural and Health Research, Laurentian University
Assistant Professor (status only), Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Recent ICES Grants

Population health analytics in action: improving impact, sustainability and equity in the health care system

Principal investigator: Rosella L
Co-investigators: Henry D, Stukel T, Walker J, Wodchis W
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme Grant
2016-2021; $1,155,257
Reducing the burden of diabetes on First Nations people in Ontario: using population level data to inform policy and practice

Principal investigators: Green M, Jacklin K, Walker J
Co-investigators: Moineddin R, Shah B
Ontario SPOR Support Unit (OSSU), Impact Grant
2015-2018; $770,000

Recent Awards & Recognition

Canada Research Chair

2016: Dr. Jennifer Walker was awarded a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health.
12/5/2016

Recent ICES Publications

5/22/2018

Unlocking First Nations health information through data linkage

Walker JD, Pyper E, Jones CR, Khan S, Chong N, Legge D, Schull MJ, Henry D. Int J Popul Data Sci. 2018; 3:8. Epub 2018 May 22.

11/2/2017

Indigenous health data and the path to healing

Walker J, Lovett R, Kukutai T, Jones C, Henry D. Lancet. 2017; 390(10107):2022-3. Epub 2017 Nov 2.

4/11/2017

Kidney disease among registered Métis citizens of Ontario: a population-based cohort study

Hayward JS, McArthur E, Nash DM, Sontrop JM, Russell SJ, Khan S, Walker JD, Nesrallah GE, Sood MM, Garg AX. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2017; 4:2054358117703071. Epub 2017 Apr 11.

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