Jennifer is a Haudenosaunee member of the Six Nations of the Grand River and a health services researcher. She holds a PhD in community health services (epidemiology) from the University of Calgary. She is an associate professor at McMaster University in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, and is research development lead of the Indigenous Health Learning Lodge.

Walker’s work focuses largely on Indigenous community-engaged, community-driven health research using large health services databases through her work as a senior core scientist and scientific advisor of the Indigenous Portfolio at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Ontario and through her role in the Health Data Research Network Canada. Walker is also actively involved in community-engaged aging and dementia research. She is the co-lead of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging’s (CCNA) Team 18 – Issues in Dementia Care for Indigenous Populations and the lead for the Indigenous Cognitive Health Program. She has also led the validation of the Canadian Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool and the implementation of the tool in Anishinabek communities of Northern Ontario.

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Jennifer is a Haudenosaunee member of the Six Nations of the Grand River and a health services researcher. She holds a PhD in community health services (epidemiology) from the University of Calgary. She is an associate professor at McMaster University in the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, and is research development lead of the Indigenous Health Learning Lodge.

Walker’s work focuses largely on Indigenous community-engaged, community-driven health research using large health services databases through her work as a senior core scientist and scientific advisor of the Indigenous Portfolio at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Ontario and through her role in the Health Data Research Network Canada. Walker is also actively involved in community-engaged aging and dementia research. She is the co-lead of the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration and Aging’s (CCNA) Team 18 – Issues in Dementia Care for Indigenous Populations and the lead for the Indigenous Cognitive Health Program. She has also led the validation of the Canadian Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool and the implementation of the tool in Anishinabek communities of Northern Ontario.

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