Rebekah J. Walker, PhD
Associate Professor; Associate Director, Center for Advancing Population Science
Locations
- General Internal Medicine
Contact Information
Biography
Research Experience
- Chronic Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Global Health
- Health Services Research
- Health Status Disparities
- Minority Health
- Social Determinants of Health
- Socioeconomic Factors
MCW Program / Core Facilities
- Center for Advancing Population Science
Research Interests
Dr. Walker is a health services researcher trained in research methodology and health disparities. Her research focuses on reducing and eliminating health disparities by addressing social determinants of health, with particular emphasis on psychosocial, behavioral, and community factors influencing low income populations. Dr. Walker is particularly interested in incorporating social determinants of health such as stress and food insecurity into interventions that improve health outcomes for low income individuals with diabetes. In addition, she is interested in global health effort, particularly in the areas of indigenous health, building health care capacity in low resource environments, and incorporating social determinants of health into health care efforts to improve outcomes for non-communicable diseases.
Dr. Walker has expertise in analytical techniques focused on understanding mechanisms and pathways, including confirmatory factor analysis, path analysis, and structured equation modeling. She also has training in health behavior, health services theory, health economics, and implementation science. Her ongoing work is funded through the American Diabetes Association and the NIH National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) focused on addressing food insecurity in African Americans with diabetes.
Publications
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(Shah H, Hawks L, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) Psychiatr Serv. 2024 Mar 01;75(3):221-227 PMID: 37674397 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85186744277 09/07/2023
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(Egede LE, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Linde S.) Diabetes Care. 2024 Feb 22 PMID: 38387079 02/22/2024
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(Dawson AZ, Hawks L, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb 01 PMID: 38302814 02/02/2024
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(Egede LE, Walker RJ, Williams JS.) J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Feb;39(3):487-491 PMID: 37740168 PMCID: PMC10897090 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85171872539 09/23/2023
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(Walker RJ, Eisenhauer E, Thompson EL, Butler R, Metheny N, Barroso CS, Marino M.) Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan;114(S1):S112-S123 PMID: 38207271 PMCID: PMC10785172 01/11/2024
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(Jue MD, Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Akinboboye O, Thorgerson A, Egede LE.) J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan;39(1):77-83 PMID: 37648953 PMCID: PMC10817859 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85169159641 08/31/2023
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(Anguzu R, Walker RJ, Babikako HM, Beyer KMM, Dickson-Gomez J, Zhou Y, Cassidy LD.) BMC Public Health. 2023 Nov 17;23(1):2276 PMID: 37978467 PMCID: PMC10656909 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176939609 11/18/2023
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(Anguzu R, Cassidy LD, Nakimuli AO, Kansiime J, Babikako HM, Beyer KMM, Walker RJ, Wandira C, Kizito F, Dickson-Gomez J.) BMC Womens Health. 2023 Nov 08;23(1):584 PMID: 37940914 PMCID: PMC10634177 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176043761 11/09/2023
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(Anguzu R, Walker RJ, Beyer KMM, Zhou Y, Babikako HM, Dickson-Gomez J, Cassidy LD.) BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2023 Nov 03;23(1):767 PMID: 37924014 PMCID: PMC10623746 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85175710523 11/04/2023
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(Walker RJ, Thorgerson AM, Yan A, Williams JS, Campbell JA, Dawson AZ, Renta V, Egede LE.) BMJ Open. 2023 Oct 18;13(10):e069640 PMID: 37852767 PMCID: PMC10603485 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174750777 10/19/2023
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Relationship between Satisfaction Scores and Racial/Ethnic and Sex Concordance in Primary Care.
(Walker RJ, Dawson AZ, Thorgerson A, Campbell JA, Engel S, Kastner M, Egede LE.) Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Aug 12;11(16) PMID: 37628474 PMCID: PMC10454330 08/26/2023
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Mentoring strategies to support diversity in research-focused junior faculty: A scoping review
(Williams JS, Walker RJ, Burgess KM, Shay LA, Schmidt S, Tsevat J, Campbell JA, Dawson AZ, Ozieh MN, Phillips SA, Egede LE.) Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. 6 October 2023;7(1) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85140236470 10/06/2023