Mark Walker
Senior Scientist, Clinical Epidemiology Program
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of Ottawa
Chief, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Newborn Care
THe Ottawa Hospital
Scientific Director
BORN Ontario
Research Interests
Dr. Walker's main interests lay in health services research, population health research, and clinical studies in perinatology. His work in research has been as an epidemiologist, public health advocate and clinical trialist. His group contributed substantially to understanding of pre-eclampsia, thrombophilia, multi-gestation, treatment of infertility and health services utilization.
Brief Biography
Dr. Walker earned his Medical Degree from Queens University, Kingston, Ontario (1993). His Residency Training in OB/GYN was completed at the University of Ottawa, Ontario (1998); followed by his Fellowship in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Toronto. He recently graduated from Harvard University with a Masters in Health Care Management. Dr. Mark Walker is a high risk obstetrician and Clinical Epidemiologist at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Walker is highly involved in public policy at the provincial and national levels advocating for women and children’s health.
Since joining TOH in 2000, Dr. Walker has held several positions including Fellowship Director for Maternal Fetal Medicine and working closely with the Department of Medicine for the promotion of medical disorders awareness in prenatal care.
Dr. Walker’s leadership roles include the Chair of the Society of Investigators in Obstetrics and Gynecology, the co-Chair of the Provincial Council for Maternal Newborn Health, the scientific Director and co-director of BORN (Better Outcomes Registry and Network) and the co-chair of the Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System’s Maternal Infant Study Group. He held a Tier 1 Chair from the University of Ottawa in Perinatal Research. He is co-founder of the OMNI Research Group (Obstetrics, Maternal and Newborn Investigations) at the Ottawa Hospital which is the largest maternal and newborn research group in Canada and ranks in the top 5 in the world.
Selected Publications
Diseases, conditions and populations of interest
Global health; Health equity; Infertility; Maternal and fetal health; Newborn and child health; Population health; Pregnancy; Women's health
Research and clinical approaches
Clinical research; Clinical trials; Cluster randomized trials; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Health economics; Health promotion; Health research methods; Health services research; Knowledge translation and implementation research; Pragmatic trials; Prevention; Public health; Quality Improvement; Rapid reviews; Risk assessment; Surveys; Systematic reviews
