
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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(Egede LE, Walker RJ, Dawson AZ, Zosel A, Bhandari S, Nagavally S, Martin I, Frank M.) Qual Life Res. 2022 Aug;31(8):2387-2396 PMID: 35020111 PMCID: PMC8753941 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122796393 01/13/2022
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(Linde S, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Egede LE.) Diabetes Care. 2022 May 31 PMID: 35639415 06/01/2022
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(Renta V, Walker RJ, Nagavally S, Dawson AZ, Campbell JA, Egede LE.) BMC Public Health. 2022 May 24;22(1):1038 PMID: 35610591 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85130723841 05/25/2022
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(Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) J Gen Intern Med. 2022 May;37(7):1688-1696 PMID: 35137299 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85124369562 02/10/2022
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(Anguzu R, Cassidy LD, Beyer KMM, Babikako HM, Walker RJ, Dickson-Gomez J.) BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Mar 02;22(1):283 PMID: 35232438 PMCID: PMC8889632 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125601498 03/03/2022
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(Diaz R, Walker RJ, Lu K, Weston BW, Young N, Fumo N, Hilgeman B.) Child Abuse Negl. 2022 02;124:105479 PMID: 35026607 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85123585305 01/14/2022
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Relationship between housing insecurity, diabetes processes of care, and self-care behaviors.
(Mosley-Johnson E, Walker RJ, Thakkar M, Campbell JA, Hawks L, Pyzyk S, Egede LE.) BMC Health Serv Res. 2022 Jan 13;22(1):61 PMID: 35022049 PMCID: PMC8756650 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122944853 01/14/2022
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(O'Toole SM, Walker RJ, Garacci E, Dawson AZ, Campbell JA, Egede LE.) BMC Geriatr. 2022 01 10;22(1):39 PMID: 35012474 PMCID: PMC8751249 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85122752815 01/12/2022
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(Hawks LC, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) Health Equity. 2022;6(1):240-247 PMID: 35402774 PMCID: PMC8985533 04/12/2022
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(Egede JK, Campbell JA, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) American Journal of Health Promotion. February 2022;36(2):269-278 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85120888834 02/01/2022
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Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of diabetes among adults in Namibia and South Africa
(Dawson AZ, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Williams JS, Egede LE.) Journal of the National Medical Association. January 2022;113(6):636-644 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85108842362 01/01/2022
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Racial equity in opioid prescribing: A pharmacist-led multidisciplinary health system assessment
(Peppard W, Sheldon H, Endrizzi S, Walker R, Kirchen G, Schrang A, Nagavally S, Egede L.) JACCP Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. 2022 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85129331672 01/01/2022