Dr Heather Walker
- Multimorbidity PhD Programme for Health Professionals Fellow (School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health)
email:
Heather.Walker.2@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Research interests
Research groups
Publications
2025
Mayne, Kaitlin J., Walker, Heather, Elyan, Benjamin M.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1395, Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Welsh, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643, Lang, Ninian L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-6887, Sattar, Naveed A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick K.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 and Lees, Jennifer S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-0178
(2025)
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and mortality in a prospective UK cohort study.
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology,
(doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf514)
(In Press)
Walker, H. et al. (2025) Frailty in adults with CKD and validation of the kidney failure risk equation in frailty subgroups. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 20(8), pp. 1051-1062. (doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000739) (PMID:40397539) (Early Online Publication)
Grant, Christopher H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-5442, Walker, Heather, Barnett, Karen N., Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Colvin, Lesley A. and Bell, Samira
(2025)
Multimorbidity and analgesic-related harms: a systematic review.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134(6),
pp. 1717-1745.
(doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.02.012)
(PMID:40113476)
Walker, H. et al. (2025) Analysis of the kidney failure risk equation implementation in routine clinical practice and health inequalities in chronic kidney disease care: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrology, 26, 113. (doi: 10.1186/s12882-025-04043-0) (PMID:40038631) (PMCID:PMC11881359)
Walker, Heather, Sullivan, Michael K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X and Gallacher, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758
(2025)
Chronic kidney disease management in primary care: challenges and possible developments.
British Journal of General Practice, 75(752),
pp. 104-106.
(doi: 10.3399/bjgp25X740829)
(PMID:40016109)
Jones, Catrin, Cairns, Ross, Walker, Heather, Welsh, Silje, Edgar, Benjamin, Stevenson, Karen, Jani, Bhautesh D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Kingsmore, David and Gallacher, Katie I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758
(2025)
Exploration of treatment burden through examination of workload and patient capacity during transition onto kidney replacement therapy: a systematic review of qualitative research.
BMC Medicine, 23,
61.
(doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-03904-7)
(PMID:39901233)
2024
Walker, Heather, Sullivan, Michael K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123 and Gallacher, Katie I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758
(2024)
Exploration of patients’ and health care professionals’ perspectives of kidney failure risk and the use of the kidney failure risk equation in MULTIPle lOng-term condItions aNd frailTy (MULTIPOINT) study: a qualitative interview and focus group study protocol.
BMJ Open, 14(10),
e085843.
(doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085843)
(PMID:39424379)
(PMCID:PMC11492959)
Walker, Heather, Day, Scott, Grant, Christopher H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-5442, Jones, Catrin, Ker, Robert, Sullivan, Michael K.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Gallacher, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758 and Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123
(2024)
Representation of multimorbidity and frailty in the development and validation of kidney failure prognostic prediction models: a systematic review.
BMC Medicine, 22,
452.
(doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03649-9)
(PMID:39394084)
(PMCID:PMC11470573)
Articles
Mayne, Kaitlin J., Walker, Heather, Elyan, Benjamin M.P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8848-1395, Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Welsh, Paul
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7970-3643, Lang, Ninian L.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8441-6887, Sattar, Naveed A.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-2593, Pell, Jill P.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8898-7035, Ho, Frederick K.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-9025 and Lees, Jennifer S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-0178
(2025)
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome and mortality in a prospective UK cohort study.
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology,
(doi: 10.1093/eurjpc/zwaf514)
(In Press)
Walker, H. et al. (2025) Frailty in adults with CKD and validation of the kidney failure risk equation in frailty subgroups. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 20(8), pp. 1051-1062. (doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000739) (PMID:40397539) (Early Online Publication)
Grant, Christopher H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-5442, Walker, Heather, Barnett, Karen N., Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Colvin, Lesley A. and Bell, Samira
(2025)
Multimorbidity and analgesic-related harms: a systematic review.
British Journal of Anaesthesia, 134(6),
pp. 1717-1745.
(doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2025.02.012)
(PMID:40113476)
Walker, H. et al. (2025) Analysis of the kidney failure risk equation implementation in routine clinical practice and health inequalities in chronic kidney disease care: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrology, 26, 113. (doi: 10.1186/s12882-025-04043-0) (PMID:40038631) (PMCID:PMC11881359)
Walker, Heather, Sullivan, Michael K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X and Gallacher, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758
(2025)
Chronic kidney disease management in primary care: challenges and possible developments.
British Journal of General Practice, 75(752),
pp. 104-106.
(doi: 10.3399/bjgp25X740829)
(PMID:40016109)
Jones, Catrin, Cairns, Ross, Walker, Heather, Welsh, Silje, Edgar, Benjamin, Stevenson, Karen, Jani, Bhautesh D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123, Kingsmore, David and Gallacher, Katie I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758
(2025)
Exploration of treatment burden through examination of workload and patient capacity during transition onto kidney replacement therapy: a systematic review of qualitative research.
BMC Medicine, 23,
61.
(doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-03904-7)
(PMID:39901233)
Walker, Heather, Sullivan, Michael K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123 and Gallacher, Katie I.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758
(2024)
Exploration of patients’ and health care professionals’ perspectives of kidney failure risk and the use of the kidney failure risk equation in MULTIPle lOng-term condItions aNd frailTy (MULTIPOINT) study: a qualitative interview and focus group study protocol.
BMJ Open, 14(10),
e085843.
(doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085843)
(PMID:39424379)
(PMCID:PMC11492959)
Walker, Heather, Day, Scott, Grant, Christopher H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5249-5442, Jones, Catrin, Ker, Robert, Sullivan, Michael K.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-514X, Gallacher, Katie
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-8758 and Mark, Patrick B.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-2123
(2024)
Representation of multimorbidity and frailty in the development and validation of kidney failure prognostic prediction models: a systematic review.
BMC Medicine, 22,
452.
(doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03649-9)
(PMID:39394084)
(PMCID:PMC11470573)