Karen Walker-Bone

Professor, Planetary Health, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Karen.Walker-Bone@monash.edu

Biography

Karen’s research focuses on musculoskeletal health in the workplace and she has broader interests in promoting health at work; mental health and work; women in the workplace and older workers. She trained originally in Medicine at Southampton University Medical School, UK, graduating in 1991. She chose to specialise in Rheumatology and was awarded a prestigious Arthritis Research UK (now Versus Arthritis) fellowship to do her PhD 1999-2002 about the epidemiology of neck and upper limb disorders in working aged adults and from there developed a particular interest in the relationship between work and health.

articles

Older woman with hands on her head looking uncomfortable, sitting at a desk in front of a computer

Nuanced, not knee-jerk: Striking a balance to keep menopausal women in the workplace

It’s clear some women struggle to work because of their menopausal symptoms, but help to keep them in the workforce must be provided in a way that doesn’t set them up for further discrimination.

Medicine and health

Putting the ‘health’ back into health and safety at work

Public interest in OHS issues is often heavily focused on the safety aspect, but workplaces offer the chance to improve the health of millions of people worldwide. How can we tap into that?

Medicine and health