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Assistant Professor in Medical Statistics
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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.
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- h-index: 32
- Publications: 191
- Citations: 3,218
Selected Publications
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The National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN): improving the quality of National Health Service cancer care in England and Wales (2025)
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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)
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Identifying emergency presentations of chronic liver disease using routinely collected administrative hospital data (2024)
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NHS cancer services and systems—ten pressure points a UK cancer control plan needs to address (2024)
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Intimate partner violence and its correlates in middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-country secondary analysis (2024)
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Inequalities in the recovery of colorectal cancer services during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: a national population‐based study (2024)
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Improving risk models for patients having emergency bowel cancer surgery using linked electronic health records: a national cohort study (2024)
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Evolution of surgical approach to rectal cancer resection: A multinational registry assessment (2024)
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Identifying a common data dictionary across colorectal cancer outcome registries: A mapping exercise to identify opportunities for data dictionary harmonisation (2023)
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What is the impact of hospital and surgeon volumes on outcomes in rectal cancer surgery? (2023)
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Development and validation of a prognostic model for death 30 days after adult emergency laparotomy (2023)
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Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage is Associated With Ethnicity: A Cohort Study of 981,801 Births in England (2023)
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Supplementary Figure 1 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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Supplementary Information 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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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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