Shelley Walker
Research Assistant / PhD student
Public Health
Burnet Institute
Australia
Biography
Shelley has a background in nursing, having worked in both clinical and community settings for over a decade, combined with over 10 years experience in project development, research and support worker roles in the youth health sector, and more recently, three years in research roles in Australia and Cambodia. Shelley has experience in qualitative data analysis and management, project development and evaluation, and the education and empowerment of young people in health and sexuality.
Research Interest
Shelley’s interests include injecting drug use, prisons, blood borne viruses, international health, human rights, young people’s sexual health and marginalised groups. Currently Shelley is a research assistant within the Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use (CREIDU).
Publications
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Sexting and young people: Experts' views Walker S, Temple-Smith M, Sanci L Youth Studies Australia. 2011 Jul; 30(4):8-16
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Sexting: young women's and men's views on its nature and origins. Shelley Walker, Lena Sanci, Meredith Temple-Smith J Adolesc Health. 2013 Jun; 52(6):697-701
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'It’s always just there in your face’: young people’s views on porn. Walker S, Temple-Smith M, Higgs P, Sanci L Sex Health. 2015 May; 12(3):200-206
