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Natalie Walker (academic)

Natalie Walker (academic) is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Natalie Walker (academic) rather than just read about it. In short: Natalie K. Walker is a New Zealand-born academic and is the Director of the Flinders Clinical Trials Platform at Flinders University in Adelaide in Australia.

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Reference excerpt

Natalie K. Walker is a New Zealand-born academic and is the Director of the Flinders Clinical Trials Platform at Flinders University in Adelaide in Australia. The Platform supports trial research across the entirety of Flinders University. Walker joined Flinders University in March 2025. Prior to this, she was a Professor of Social and Community Health at the University of Auckland in Auckland in New Zealand, specialising in the reduction of harm from non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer. Walker has an interest in smoking cessation but also researches on alcohol, cannabis and sugar.

Academic career After a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science, Walker joined the faculty of the University of Auckland in 1995, first as a Research Fellow. She completed a PhD in medicine titled Epidemiological studies of leg ulcers in Auckland, New Zealand at the University of Auckland in 2000. Walker was later appointed to full professor. Walker is associate director of the Centre for Addiction Research, and leads addiction research in the National Institute for Health Innovation. She was also co-director of the Faculty Research Centre for Translational Health Research. Walker's research focuses on respiratory and cardiovascular health, and the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer. She has a particular interest in smoking cessation, conducting community-based clinical trials to create evidence to inform policy decisions. She has researched reduced harm and replacement products, vapes, nicotine reduced products, and smokefree environments, and also researches other addictive substances such as cannabis, ibogaine and sugar. Her work has been published in The BMJ, JAMA, The Lancet and The New England Journal of Medicine. Walker and Chris Bullen led a team that was awarded a Research Excellence Medal by the University in 2018, for their work on ways to assist people quit smoking. She was elected a Fellow of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco in 2019.

Selected works

A Rodgers; N Walker; S Schug; et al. (1 December 2000). "Reduction of postoperative mortality and morbidity with epidural or spinal anaesthesia: results from overview of randomised trials". The BMJ. 321 (7275): 1493. doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7275.1493. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 27550. PMID 11118174. Wikidata Q34105313. Chris Bullen; Colin Howe; Murray Laugesen; Hayden McRobbie; Varsha Parag; Jonathan Williman; Natalie Walker (9 September 2013). "Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial". The Lancet. 382 (9905): 1629–1637. doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(13)61842-5. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 24029165. Wikidata Q34370483. Andrew B Jull; Nicky Cullum; Jo C Dumville; Maggie J Westby; Sohan Deshpande; Natalie Walker (6 March 2015). "Honey as a topical treatment for wounds". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (3) CD005083. doi:10.1002/14651858.cd005083.pub4. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 25742878. Wikidata Q24187363. Joanne Barnes; Christine Y Dong; Hayden McRobbie; Natalie Walker; Monaz Mehta; Lindsay F Stead (6 October 2010). "Hypnotherapy for smoking cessation". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (10) CD001008. doi:10.1002/14651858.cd001008.pub2. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 20927723. Wikidata Q24234471. Natalie Walker; Colin Howe; Marewa Glover; et al. (18 December 2014). "Cytisine versus nicotine for smoking cessation". The New England Journal of Medicine. 371 (25): 2353–62. doi:10.1056/nejmoa1407764. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 25517706. Wikidata Q28254090. Natalie Walker; Varsha Parag; Marjolein Verbiest; George Laking; Murray Laugesen; Christopher Bullen (9 September 2019). "Nicotine patches used in combination with e-cigarettes (with and without nicotine) for smoking cessation: a pragmatic, randomised trial". The Lancet. Respiratory medicine. 8 (1): 54–64. doi:10.1016/s2213-2600(19)30269-3. ISSN 2213-2600. PMID 31515173. Wikidata Q90082784.

References

External links The evolution of research on e-cigarettes and cytisine for smoking cessation in New Zealand, presentation by Natalie Walker for the Tobacco Endgame Centre of Research Excellence, 21 Feb 2023, via YouTube

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Natalie Walker (academic)

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Natalie Walker (academic) claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Natalie Walker (academic) before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Natalie Walker (academic) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Natalie Walker (academic)

In research: Natalie Walker (academic) appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Natalie Walker (academic) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Natalie Walker (academic) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Academic staff of Flinders University, Academic staff of the University of Auckland, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Natalie Walker (academic) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

What is Natalie Walker (academic) in simple terms?

Natalie K. Walker is a New Zealand-born academic and is the Director of the Flinders Clinical Trials Platform at Flinders University in Adelaide in Australia.

Why does Natalie Walker (academic) matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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