Jacque Gray, PhD

Dr. Jacqueline Gray is a research associate professor at the Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Gray is director of the National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative (NIEJI) and works with several projects including the Idea Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), the Northern Plains Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) Mood Disorder Assessment Validation Study with Northern Plains Indians, the VISN23 Rural Veterans Resource Program, Cankdeska Cikana Community College Community Education, Research and Tribal Empowerment (CREATE) Project with INBRE, the Death Investigator Training Grant, National Resource Center on Native American Aging (NRCNAA) and the UND American Indian Health Research Conference. Gray also directs the Native Research Health Team and mentors over 20 Native students on research in Indian Country.

Gray is from Oklahoma and of Choctaw and Cherokee descent. She has worked with tribes throughout Indian Country over the past 30 years in the areas of health, education, counseling, and program development. She also has experience in medical research at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and at the Norman Regional Hospital. Gray worked for over eight years providing counseling, assessment, and program development services through the Creek County Health Department in Oklahoma. She came to North Dakota in 1999 as a visiting professor in the UND Department of Counseling. In 2001 Gray became a post-doctoral fellow at the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center of the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Gray joined the Center for Rural Health in 2004.

Gray has research experience in the areas of health and mental health including suicide prevention, rural veteran health services, spirituality and health, psychometrics, and wellness and nutrition in adolescents. Her research with American Indians includes health, depression, anxiety, veteran's health services, spirituality, suicide, career counseling and nutrition. Gray developed a rural crisis intervention program and an adolescent suicide prevention program in Oklahoma that have been adopted across the state, and began the first viable divorced parent education program in Oklahoma. She is licensed as a professional counselor in North Dakota. Gray was part of a rural health training grant during her psychology internship at the University of Wyoming that put multidisciplinary teams in rural/frontier settings around the state.

Gray is a member of the American Counseling Association, the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the Native Research Network. She is currently the president of the Society of Indian Psychologists. Gray is also chair of Psychologists in Indian Country, a section of APA Division 18: Psychologists in Public Service and secretary of section six: Native Alaskan, American Indian, and Indigenous Women of the APA Division 35: Psychology of Women. She is a member of the Alzheimer's Association Oversight Committee for Research and Cultural Diversity, and is part of the North Dakota Suicide Prevention Coalition. She is also a consultant for the SAMHSA Disaster Technical Assistance Center. Gray was elected to the APA Committee on Rural Health and was appointed by the APA Board of Directors to the National Steering Committee on Health Disparities.

Gray received her Bachelor of Science degree in laboratory technology from the University of Oklahoma. Her Master of Education degree is in guidance and counseling psychology from the University of Oklahoma and her doctorate is in Applied Behavioral Studies with a specialty in counseling psychology from Oklahoma State University.

Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health is one of the nation's most experienced rural health organizations. It has developed a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns.

Contact Information:

Tel:	(701) 777-0582
Email:	jacqueline.gray@med.und.edu
Website:	http://ruralhealth.und.edu

Projects

• American Indian Health Research Conference -- A venue to share current research activities concerning health risk and health promotion among Native American communities.
• Campus Suicide Prevention -- To provide a comprehensive program to identify student needs and intervene to prevent suicide and support students and their families.
• IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence - Administrative Core -- Measures the outcomes of students participating in this biomedical science program designed to increase the numbers of biomedical scientists.
• Mood Disorder Assessment in Northern Plains Indians -- Looks at the accuracy of clinical psychological tests used to detect depression, anxiety, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse problems with American Indian patients.
• National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative -- NIEJI will begin to address the lack of culturally appropriate information and community education materials on elder abuse, neglect and exploitation in Indian Country.
• National Institute of Mental Health Outreach Partnership -- The Center for Rural Health and the National Institute of Mental Health’s effort to improve the mental health of individuals and families across North Dakota.

Publications

• Fall Incidents and Native American Elderly, Gray, J. Schlafmann, S., March 2012
  
• Cultural Adaptation for Therapy With American Indians and Alaska Natives, Gray, J. and Rose, W., Vol 40, April 2012
  Because of the paucity of research on evidence-based treatments with American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) clients, this article addresses barriers to that research and how to adapt treatment to make it more culturally appropriate and acceptable to AI/AN clients so they might benefit from and remain in treatment.
• Rural Mental Health Research White Paper for National Institute of Mental Health, Gray, J. , September 2011
  
• Circles of Strength: A Case Description of Culturally Integrated Suicide Prevention, Gray, J.S., Muehlenkamp, J.J., Archives of Suicide Research, 14:182–191 2010
  This article presents a case description of an American Indian female at high risk for suicide in effort to document the potential effectiveness of a college student suicide prevention program designed for Northern Plains American Indian students.
• A College Suicide Prevention Model for American Indian Students, Muehlenkamp, J.J., Marrone, S., Gray, J.S., & Brown, D., Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 2009, Vol. 40, No. 2, 134-140 2009
  This article outlines the model developed for the American Indian Support Team from funding through the Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to focus on reducing suicide risk of American Indian students at the University of North Dakota.
• Alcohol, Tobacco, and Illicit Drug Consumption and Consequences in North Dakota: The North Dakota Epidemiological Profile, 2007, Muus, K., Gray, J., & the State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup, March 2007
  The report examines the prevalence and patterns of substance (alcohol, tobacco and other drug) use and consequences in North Dakota.
• Suicide in North Dakota: A Dialogue Across State and Tribal Boundaries, Kruger, G. & Gray, J., Fall 2005
  Discusses suicide factors, trends, prevention strategies, and barriers to help.

Presentations

• National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative
  Presented by Gray, J. on Mar 22, 2012 at the Long Term Services & Supports Conference, Denver, CO.
  
• Mental Health First Aid
  Presented by Gray, J. on Mar 11, 2011 at the UND Occupational Therapy Student Organization, Grand Forks, ND.
  
• The Good,The Bad & The Ugly: The Path Ethical to Research in Indian Country
  Presented by Gray, J. on Mar 4, 2011 at the School of Nursing Ethical Research Series, Grand Forks, ND.
  
• Preliminary Data from a Northern Plains Indian Mental Health Project
  Presented by Gray, J. on Feb 28, 2011 at the 1st Annual Behavioral Health Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota.
  
• Trails and Traps: The Path to Research in Indian Country
  Presented by Gray, J. on Apr 16, 2010 at the 2010 UNDIA Time-Out Wacipi, Grand Forks, ND.
  
• Testimony for the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs
  Presented by Gray, J. on Mar 12, 2009 at the Senate Select Committee on Indian Afairs, Washington, DC.
  
• Cultural Competency Issues with Rural and American Indian Students
  Presented by Gray, J. on Jan 1, 2009 at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grantee meeting, Phoenix, AZ.
  
• Developing Research Capacity for Tribal Communities
  Presented by Gray, J. and McDonald, L.R. on Aug 28, 2008 at the Native American Research Conference on Health, Portland, OR.
  
• Culturally Appropriate and Valid Psychological Assessments for Ethical Use with American Indians and Alaska Natives
  Presented by Gray, J., Green, J., & Knudson, A. on Jun 23, 2008 at the 21st Annual Conference for the Society of Indian Psychologists, Logan, UT.
  
• Establishing Community Based Research with American Indian Communities
  Presented by Gray, J., Gillis, A., Hill, K., Abe, S., & Martin, E. on Jun 23, 2008 at the 21st Annual Society of American Indian Psychologists Conference, Logan, UT.
  The information was requested by Dr. Manny Casillias, president-elect of Division 45 of the American Psychological Association Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues to include in his presentation at the APA Conference in Boston in August.
• Developing Undergraduate Research Capacity in Tribal Colleges
  Presented by Gray, J. & McDonald, R. on Apr 19, 2008 at the American Indian Health Research Conference, Grand Forks, ND.
  
• Test Instruments, Diagnostic Criteria, and Standardization for AI/AN Populations
  Presented by Gray, J. on Jan 8, 2008 at the Annual NARCH Meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
  
• Test Instruments, Diagnostic Criteria, and Standardization for AI/AN Populations
  Presented by Gray, J. & Green, J. on Nov 7, 2007 at the Annual NARCH Meeting at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
  
• NARCH Pilot Study: Mood Disorder Assessment Validation with Northern Plains Indians
  Presented by Gray, J. & Gillis, A. on Aug 15, 2007 at the Northern Plains NARCH Committee for Scientific Evaluation of Projects, Rapid City, SD.
  

Topic Areas

• Mental Health
• Native Americans