Jennifer Walker

Core Scientist (Full Status)
Indigenous Health Lead

ICES Affiliation

ICES North
Populations & Public Health Research Program

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

Intergenerational impacts of diabetes among First Nations mothers and their children

Principal investigator: Shah BR
Co-investigators: Funnell S, Green ME, Jones C, Mulder C, Phillips-Beck W, Rosella LC, Wahi G, Walker J, Wicklow BA
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2021-2022; $100,000
Indigenous Health Counts in Urban Homelands: Estimating COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality among Indigenous Populations Living in Ontario Cities

Principal investigators: Rotondi MA, Bourgeois C, Smylie JK
Co-investigators: McConkey S, Mishra S, Muir N, Walker J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant
2020-2021; $395,460
The Response of Provincial Health Systems to COVID-19: Service Provision and Costs Across Health Sectors, First Nations and Other Populations

Principal investigators: Krahn MD, Kulkarni GS
Co-investigators: Cheung D, Del Giudice LM, Finelli A, Hillmer M, Lapointe-Shaw L, McGrail KM, Mendlowitz AB, Peacock SJ, Perlis N, Rabeneck L, Tomlinson GA, Walker J, Wong WWL
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, COVID-19 Rapid Research Grant
2020-2021; $393,753

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

6/16/2021

Cancer in First Nations people in Ontario, Canada: incidence and mortality, 1991 to 2010

Jamal S, Jones C, Walker J, Mazereeuw M, Sheppard AJ, Henry D, Marrett LD. Health Rep. 2021; 32(6):14-28. Epub 2021 Jun 16. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.25318/82-003-x202100600002-eng

5/18/2021

Places of death and places of care for Indigenous Peoples in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study

Funnell S, Walker J, Letendre A, Bearskin RLB, Manuel D, Scott M, Spruin S, Tanuseputro P. Can J Public Health. 2021; 112(4):685-96. Epub 2021 May 18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00482-y

8/17/2020

Monitoring, treatment and control of blood glucose and lipids in Ontario First Nations people with diabetes

Green ME, Shah BR, Slater M, Khan S, Jones CR, Walker JD. CMAJ. 2020; 192(33):E937-45. Epub 2020 Aug 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.191039

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News coverage

CBC - Up North2/10/2020Audio