Patricia F. Walker, MD
Senior Research Investigator

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About

HealthPartners Medical Group title: Department Chair, HealthPartners Travel and Tropical Medicine Center.

Joined the Institute: 2011

Education and training: MD, Mayo Medical School; Residency in Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Certificate in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Certificate in Travel Health, International Society of Travel Medicine; Bush Foundation Medical Leadership Fellowship in Clinical Tropical Medicine, Thailand.

Overview/research interests: Dr. Walker has been a clinician and medical educator focused on refugee and immigrant health care since 1979. She is internationally recognized for her work in defining the body of knowledge that encompasses refugee and immigrant health care. From 2002 to 2004, she chaired the State of Minnesota Immigrant Health Task Force, a group of 70 experts who

Publications While At HealthPartners

selected publications

Journal Article
  • COVID-19 vaccine uptake among non-US-born populations in the United States, 2020-2022
    Vaccine. 2024
  • Core content, competencies, and accreditation in US Global Health Fellowships: a survey of leaders' perspectives
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2024
  • Infections with long latency in international refugees, immigrants, and migrants seen at GeoSentinel sites, 2016-2018
    Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2023
  • Transplantation and immigration: comparing infectious complications and outcomes between foreign-born and US-born kidney transplant recipients in Minnesota
    Transplant Infectious Disease. 2023
  • Cancer screening in refugees and immigrants: a global perspective
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 2022
  • Editorial Article
  • Language justice: addressing linguistic disparities begins with language data collection [editorial]
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  109. 2023
  • Clara Southmayd Ludlow: her thirst for knowledge was positively inspirational: honoring a female giant in tropical medicine [editorial]
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  97. 2017
  • Evidence-based policies on migration and global health are essential to maintain the health of those inside and outside the United States [editorial]
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  96. 2017
  • Executive order on refugees: here's what I know about the most vetted people around [editorial]
    2017
  • Let's eliminate diseases, not institutes: the case for the Fogarty International Center [editorial]
    American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  97. 2017
  • Review
  • Where was my patient born? The Intersection of tropical medicine and migrant health [review]
    Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases. 2021
  • Screening of international immigrants, refugees, and adoptees [review]
    Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice. 2002
  • Refugee and immigrant health care [review]
    Medical Clinics of North America. 1999
  • Book

    presentations

    Presentation
  • Addressing health disparities in migrant populations: beyond access to health care [presentation], Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM)
  • Asian clinical tropical medicine [presentation]
  • Best practices in managing migrant health [presentation], Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM)
  • Cambodian refugees [presentation], University of Minnesota Global Health Course
  • Chronic diseases in Hmong refugees from Wat Tham Krabok, Thailand [presentation], HealthPartners Celebration of Research Annual Conference
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  • Patricia.F.Walker@HealthPartners.Com
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