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Associate Professor Dawn-Marie Walker PhD, MA, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Associate Professor

Dr. Dawn-Marie Walker is a mixed methods researcher, with vast experience of research in mental health. She is also very interested in emergent research technologies and in e-health and is experienced in developing on-line learning resources. Dawn’s undergraduate degree was in psychology, after which she completed an MSc in statistics and then a PhD looking at the cognitive function in children with psychosis. With a huge amount of experience in conducting health services research, she edited a textbook: An Introduction to Health Services Research (2014). SAGE. She mainly teaches statistics and quantitative research methods at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Being able to conduct empirical health research is a way of (hopefully) making the world a better place.

I am a mixed methods researcher, with vast experience of research in mental health. My undergraduate degree was in psychology, after which I completed an MSc in statistics and then a PhD looking at the cognitive function in children with psychosis. I am also very interested in emergent research technologies and in e-health and am experienced in developing on-line learning resources. I am interested in Public Patient Involvement and am interested in research in complementary medicine and the placebo.

With a huge amount of experience in conducting health services research, I recently edited a textbook: An Introduction to Health Services Research (2014). SAGE.

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Research interests

Mental health
Emergent research technologies and e-health
Mixed methodologies
Systematic Reviews

Research group

Social Network Health and Wellbeing

Research theme

Awards and Grants

Cullington, H., Kitterick, P., Finch, T., Greenwell, K., Riggs, C., Walker, D-M., Weal, M., Little, P. Scaling up Improvement for Cochlear Implant service. Health Foundation. £499,974.00 (2017).

Kitterick, P., Walker, D-M., Twomey, T., O’Donoghue, G., Byrnes, R. Feasibility of conducting a randomised control trial to examine the benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation compared with unilateral cochlear implantation in adults with severe to profound deafness. NIHR RfPB £245,176.56 (2016).

Dening, T., Ferguson, M., Wong, G., Walker, D-M., Vanhegan, S. Optimising hearing-Related Communication for care Home Residents with Dementia (ORCHARD): a realist synthesis. NIHR RfPB, £148,832 (2016).

Morrissey, C., Walker, D-M., Landon, P., Outcomes from Forensic Intellectual Disability Services – Evidence Synthesis and Expert and Patient /Carer Consultation. NIHR HS&DR £59,139.40

Karla, A., Adams, C., Walker, D-M. (2014). Interventions for antipsychotic-induced tardive dyskinesia. NIHR HTA Commissioned call, £130,000

Fletcher-Smith, J., Allatt, K., Walker, M., Pandyan, A., Sprigg, N., Mehta, R., Walker, D-M. (2014). A randomised controlled trial of the feasibility of occupational therapists delivering upper limb rehabilitation involving neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to acute stroke patients. NIHR RfPB, £241,831

Khalifa, N., Bates, P., Bird, Y., Krishnan, G., Schnider, J., Volm, B., Walker, D-M. (2014). Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for offenders with mental disorder: A single-blind feasibility randomized controlled trial in a community forensic mental health setting. NIHR, RfPB, £245,000

Hoare, D., Casey, A., Featherstone, D., Hall, D., McMurran, M., Stockdale, D., Walker, D-M. (2013). Manualisation and feasibility study of audiologist-delivered counselling for tinnitus, NIHR RfPB, £259,085

Hoare, D., Hall, D., Walker, D-M. Defining components and measuring the effects of audiologist-delivered counselling for tinnitus. National Institute for Health Research Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, funded PhD stipend, £135,000

Townsend, E., Walker, D-M., Vostanis, P. & Sithole, J. (2005). Systematic Review of Research Relevant to Mental Health of Young Offenders, NHS National R&D Programme on Forensic Mental Health £49,990.92

Research project(s)

Telemedicine in cochlear implants

This project is exploring different ways of providing long term follow up to cochlear implant users.

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Articles

Books

Tangkiatkumjai, M., Casarin, A., Chen, L-C., & Walker, D-M. (Ed.) (2018). Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Kidney Health. IGI Global Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2882-1, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2882-1
Walker, D-M. (Ed.) (2014). An introduction to health services research: a practical guide. SAGE Publications.

Book Chapters

Casarin, A., Tangkiatkumjai, M., & Walker, D-M. (2018). An overview of complementary and alternative medicine. In M. Tangkiatkumjai, A. Casarin, L-C. Chen, & D-M. Walker (Eds.), Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Kidney Health (pp. 1-23). IGI Global Publishing.
Walker, D-M., & Tangkiatkumjai, M. (2017). CAM use from Western and Asian perspectives: Overview of different cultural beliefs of CAM medicine and prevalence of use. In M. Tangkiatkumjai, A. Casarin, L-C. Chen, & D-M. Walker (Eds.), An Overview of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (pp. 24-42). IGI Global Publishing.
Taub, N., & Walker, D-M. (2014). Quantitative analysis. In D-M. Walker (Ed.), An Introduction to Health Services Research: A Practical Guide (pp. 305-326). SAGE Publications.
Taub, N., Douiri, A., & Walker, D-M. (2014). Sampling. In D-M. Walker (Ed.), An Introduction to Health Services Research: A Practical Guide (pp. 267-284). SAGE Publications.
Benford, P., & Walker, D-M. (2014). The internet as a research medium. In D-M. Walker (Ed.), An Introduction to Health Services Research: A Practical Guide (pp. 195-214). SAGE Publications.

Conferences

Cullington, H., Pickering, M., Darnton, P., Greenwell, K., Finch, T., Kitterick, P., Harraway, S., Little, P., Moran, P., Riggs, C., Sibley, A., Smith, R., Walker, D-M., & Weal, M. (2019). Programme management of a healthcare innovation. Paper presented at British Cochlear Implant Group Meeting 2019, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Walker, D-M., Gould, D., & Haines, H. (2010). Effective public and patient involvement in research proposals. Paper presented at Involve Conference, .
Walker, D-M., & Wilson, L. (2010). Placebo effect in the virtual world. Paper presented at Interactive Technologies and Games, United Kingdom.
Walker, D-M. (2010). Prospective meta-analysis in complementary medicine. Paper presented at conference; ca; 2010-11-01, Canada.
Walker, D-M. (2008). Involving service users from hard to reach groups. Paper presented at Involve Conference, United Kingdom.
Walker, D-M., Upstone, L., Vail, A., Wolke, D., Thornton, J., & Marlow, N. (2008). The GRIT children study. Paper presented at 2nd Congress of the European Academy of Paediatrics, France.
Walker, D-M., & Liddle, P. (2006). Changes in theta rhythm in patients with schizophrenia: on-going research. Paper presented at 13th International Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care, .
Walker, D-M., & Standen, P. (2006). Cognitive function in early-onset psychotic disorders. Paper presented at 13th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia, Switzerland.

Report

Morrissey, C., Geach, N., Alexander, R., Chester, V., Devapriam, J., Duggan, C., Langdon, P. E., Lindsay, B., McCarthy, J., & Walker, D-M. (2017). Researching outcomes from forensic services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities: a systematic review, evidence synthesis and expert and patient/carer consultation. (Health Services and Delivery Research; No. 5:3). NIHR Journals Library. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr05030

Reviews

Morrissey, C., Geach, N., Chester, V., Ferriter, M., Lindsay, W. R., McCarthy, J., Devapriam, J., Walker, D. M., Duggan, D., Alexander, R., Beattie, R., & Langdon, P. E. (2018). A systematic review and synthesis of outcome domains for use within forensic services for people with intellectual disabilities. BJPsych Open, 3(1), 41-56. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.003616
Townsend, E., Walker, D. M., Sargeant, S., Stocker, O., Vostanis, P., Sithole, J., & Hawton, K. (2018). Interventions for mood and anxiety disorders, and self harm in young offenders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(11), [CD007195]. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD007195.pub2
Walker, D. M., & Marlow, N. (2008). Neurocognitive outcome following fetal growth restriction. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition, 93(4), F322-F325. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.2007.120485

Module lead for HLTH6224; HLTH6225; HLTH6194

Associate Professor Dawn-Marie Walker
Health Sciences
45/2036
Highfield Campus
University of Southampton
Southampton SO17 1BJ

Email address: dawn-marie.walker@soton.ac.uk
Tel: 023 8059 5289

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