Natalie K. Walker is a New Zealand academic, and is a Professor of Social and Community Health at the University of Auckland, specialising in the reduction of harm from non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer.
She has an interest in smoking cessation but also researches on alcohol, cannabis and sugar.
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.
[4][5][6] 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.