Public Health and Health Professions
Walker Lab
Led by Ashby F Walker · Health Services Research, Management and Policy
What we study
The Walker Lab studies how to improve diabetes care for vulnerable groups using peer support and Project ECHO, a model that trains healthcare providers. They focus on increasing access to technologies like continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to reduce health disparities.
What working here is like
- Human participants
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 4
Current projects
Google AI for Health Education in Diabetes
Uses AI to improve diabetes education for underserved communities.
ECHO Diabetes for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Trains healthcare providers in rural areas to better serve diabetes patients.
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Health Equity Collaboratives: Strategic Initiative Evaluation
Evaluates programs to improve diabetes outcomes for marginalized groups.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Collaboration Around Technology Using Community Health Workers in Type 1 Diabetes (CATCH‐T1D): Protocol and Preliminary Results for a Randomized Controlled Trial
2026 · Journal of Diabetes Research
Tests whether community health workers can help Hispanic and Black young adults with T1D use diabetes technology better.
- Interrelationships of social determinants with cognition, vascular health, and physical functioning
2025 · Alzheimer s & Dementia Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging
Shows how social factors affect vascular health, cognition, and physical functioning in older adults.
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- Evaluating the Economic Impact of Project ECHO Diabetes: Cost Savings From HbA1c Reduction in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
2025 · Endocrine Practice
- Technology Advancements and Persistent Challenges in Type 1 Diabetes
2025 · JAMA Network Open
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