Professor Liz Walker
| Biography | Professor Walker has an international research profile within the field of the sociology of health and gender and its applicability to social work. Her expertise in the area of HIV/AIDS in southern Africa has been influential in the areas of social inequality and stigma. Her recent work focuses on the sociology of with chronic illness, specifically auto-immune conditions. Professor Walker is Academic Lead of the Institute for Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR) and lead researcher for the Social and Psychological Aspects of Research into Long-term health Conditions (SPARC) group. She is Associate Director of the Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre and Chair of the Faculty of Health Sciences Ethics Committee. |
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| Research Interests | Lived experience of Long Term Conditions Palliative and end of life care HIV/AIDS Marginal masculinities |
| Teaching and Learning | Social Research Methods Social and Health Inequalities Loss, Dying, Bereavement |
| Scopus Author ID | 7402360960 |