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

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Number of items: 9.

2025

Walker, Heather, Carrero, Juan-Jesus, Sullivan, Michael K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Field, Ryan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4424-9890, Faucon, Anne-Laure, Lees, Jennifer S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-0178, Fu, Edouard L., 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 (2025) Validation of the kidney failure risk equation in people with chronic kidney disease and multimorbidity: the effect of an updated model accounting for competing mortality risks on model performance. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (Accepted for Publication)

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)

This list was generated on Sat Sep 20 03:31:39 2025 BST.

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Number of items: 9.

Articles

Walker, Heather, Carrero, Juan-Jesus, Sullivan, Michael K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-2330, Field, Ryan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4424-9890, Faucon, Anne-Laure, Lees, Jennifer S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-0178, Fu, Edouard L., 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 (2025) Validation of the kidney failure risk equation in people with chronic kidney disease and multimorbidity: the effect of an updated model accounting for competing mortality risks on model performance. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, (Accepted for Publication)

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)

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