Kate Walker Data-verified

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Assistant Professor in Medical Statistics

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-04-04

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32 h-index 191 pubs 3,218 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Kate Walker's research has focused on analyzing population-based health data to understand disease outcomes and healthcare delivery, particularly within the UK's National Health Service (NHS). Her work has examined critical health issues such as preterm birth, postpartum hemorrhage, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer services. She has investigated the associations between ethnicity and adverse maternal outcomes, including preterm birth and admission to intensive care units, contributing to the understanding of health disparities.

Her publications also address the surgical treatment and outcomes for colorectal cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic and the survival rates associated with chemotherapy for colon cancer. Additionally, Walker has explored the utility of machine learning models for mortality prediction using national liver transplantation registries, highlighting their potential and limitations across different countries. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 32 and over 3,200 total citations across 191 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 32
  • Publications: 191
  • Citations: 3,218

Selected Publications

  • The National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN): improving the quality of National Health Service cancer care in England and Wales (2025)
    9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Value of hospital administrative data linked to national cancer registry records to identify metastatic disease at time of primary diagnosis in colorectal cancer patients: a study using national data in England (2025)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Identifying emergency presentations of chronic liver disease using routinely collected administrative hospital data (2024)
    3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • NHS cancer services and systems—ten pressure points a UK cancer control plan needs to address (2024)
    22 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Intimate partner violence and its correlates in middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country secondary analysis (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Inequalities in the recovery of colorectal cancer services during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: a national population‐based study (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Improving risk models for patients having emergency bowel cancer surgery using linked electronic health records: a national cohort study (2024)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Evolution of surgical approach to rectal cancer resection: A multinational registry assessment (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Identifying a common data dictionary across colorectal cancer outcome registries: A mapping exercise to identify opportunities for data dictionary harmonisation (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • What is the impact of hospital and surgeon volumes on outcomes in rectal cancer surgery? (2023)
    10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Development and validation of a prognostic model for death 30 days after adult emergency laparotomy (2023)
    16 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage is Associated With Ethnicity: A Cohort Study of 981,801 Births in England (2023)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Supplementary Figure 1 from Premenopausal Mammographic Density in Relation to Cyclic Variations in Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factors (2023)
  • Supplementary Information from Premenopausal Mammographic Density in Relation to Cyclic Variations in Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factors (2023)
  • Supplementary Figure and Table Legends from Premenopausal Mammographic Density in Relation to Cyclic Variations in Endogenous Sex Hormone Levels, Prolactin, and Insulin-like Growth Factors (2023)

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