
Rebekah J. Walker, PhD
Assistant Professor
Locations
- General Internal Medicine
Contact Information
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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(Walker RJ, Knapp RG, Dismuke-Greer CE, Walker RE, Ozieh MN, Egede LE.) Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 Dec;99:106206 PMID: 33166622 PMCID: PMC7726093 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85096170969 11/10/2020
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Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and perceived discrimination in adulthood.
(Campbell JA, Walker RJ, Garacci E, Dawson AZ, Williams JS, Egede LE.) J Affect Disord. 2020 Dec 01;277:999-1004 PMID: 33065845 PMCID: PMC7574677 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090887031 10/18/2020
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Mitigating the Impact of COVID-19 on Funded Clinical Research: Crucial Next Steps.
(Walker RJ, Jackson JL, Asch SM, Egede LE.) J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Nov 17 PMID: 33201425 PMCID: PMC7670836 11/18/2020
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(Egede LE, Walker RJ, Garacci E, Raymond JR Sr.) Health Aff (Millwood). 2020 11;39(11):1926-1934 PMID: 33136498 PMCID: PMC7768944 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85095400870 11/03/2020
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(Walker RJ, Garacci E, Dawson AZ, Williams JS, Ozieh M, Egede LE.) Popul Health Manag. 2020 Sep 17 PMID: 32941115 09/18/2020
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The association of HIV status with rural-urban differences in wealth in Malawi: 2004-2015/16.
(Ngui EM, Kako PM, Dressel A, Mkandawire-Valhmu L, Walker RJ, Gondwe KW, Prigmore HL, Egede LE.) AIDS Care. 2020 Aug 24:1-7 PMID: 32835495 08/25/2020
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(Egede LE, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Dawson AZ, Davidson T.) J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 Aug 12 PMID: 32789563 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089373972 08/14/2020
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Trends in Medical Expenditures by Race/Ethnicity in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes 2002-2011.
(Dawson AZ, Bishu KG, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) J Natl Med Assoc. 2020 Aug 06 PMID: 32773238 08/11/2020
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(Dalal J, Williams JS, Walker RJ, Campbell JA, Davis KS, Egede LE.) Diabetes Educ. 2020 08;46(4):370-377 PMID: 32780004 PMCID: PMC7556702 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85089361599 08/12/2020
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Financial Incentives and Nurse Coaching to Enhance Diabetes Outcomes (FINANCE-DM): A trial protocol
(Egede LE, Walker R, Williams JS, Knapp R, Dismuke CE, Davidson T, Campbell JA.) BMJ Open. 22 December 2020;10(12) SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85098114064 12/22/2020
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Relationship between adverse childhood experiences and perceived discrimination in adulthood
(Campbell JA, Walker RJ, Garacci E, Dawson AZ, Williams JS, Egede LE.) Journal of Affective Disorders. 1 December 2020;277:999-1004 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85090887031 12/01/2020
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(Ozieh MN, Garacci E, Campbell JA, Walker RJ, Egede LE.) American Journal of Preventive Medicine. August 2020;59(2):e49-e57 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85087898501 08/01/2020