Walker is the respiratory representative on the AHS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group under Alberta Health Services.1)
Walker is a researcher for the Canadian Lung Association. She received the Clinician-Scientist Asthma Award, which provided her with $115,000.00 in funding from AllerGen, the Canadian Lung Association and the Canadian Thoracic Society.2)
The CLA is partnered with Actelion (now a Johnson & Johnson company), AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Grifols, InterMune, McArthur Medical Sales, Pediapharm (now called Medexus), Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, ProResp, RBC (Royal Bank of Canada), Roche, Takeda, and Trudell Medical.3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8)
Walker is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Calgary's Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases (in partnership with Alberta Health Services).9)
Her research focus is in the field of airways diseases with a focus on COPD and asthma.
Through her participation in the CanCOLD study, Walker has received funding from Almirall, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, NeuMeDx, Novartis, Nycomed, Pfizer, Takeda, and Theratechnologies.10)