Jacque Gray, PhD
Associate Director/Research Associate Professor

Jacqueline Gray is a research associate professor for the Department of Population Health and the associate director of Center for Rural Health for indigenous programs at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

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Projects

• American Indian Health Research Conference
• Dakota Cancer Collaborative on Translational Activity (DaCCoTA)
• National Indigenous Elder Justice Initiative
• National Institute of Mental Health Outreach Partnership
• NIEJI Innovation Grant
• Wac'in Yeya: The Hope Project

Most Recent Publications

• Wac'inyeya: Hope Among American Indian Youth
  This article looks at what gives American Indian youth hope. The project included 56 rural tribal youth in focus groups across a Northern Plains reservation.
  Author(s): Gray, J., Schrader, L., Isaacs, D., Smith, M., Bender, N.
  Publication: American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 26(2), 151-171
  Date: September 2019
  Type: Journal Article
• Suicidal Behaviors Among American Indian/Alaska Native Firefighters: Evidence for the Role of Painful and Provocative Events
  This article examines suicide among American Indian/Alaska Native firefighters.
  Author(s): Stanley, I., Hom, M., Gallyer, A., Gray, J., Joiner, T.
  Publication: Transcultural Psychiatry
  Date: May 2019
  Type: Journal Article
• Trauma Caused by Injury or Abuse in Late Life: Experiences, Impacts, and the Federal Response
  Discussion paper identifying resources that work to prevent injury and abuse in elders and help those who have experienced these tragedies deal with their ramifications.
  Author(s): Iyengar, V., Link, G., Beatty, P., Boel, M., Crockett, C., DiCocco, C., Fink, D., Gray, J., LaCounte, C., Miller, A., Phillippi, M., Skowronski, S., Twomey, M., Williams, T.
  Publication: National Academy of Medicine
  Date: January 2019
  Type: Journal Article
• Disrespect of Our Elders: Elder Abuse in Indian Country
  This Research to Practice series examines the fact that little research data exists involving American Indian and Alaska Native elder abuse and neglect. It makes recommendations for practice and policy when working with American Indians and Alaska Natives.
  Author(s): Gray, J.
  Date: November 2017
  Type: Other
• Assessment of Anxiety Among Northern Plains Indians
  Article examines the reliability and validity of the Beck Anxiety Inventory by comparing scores among three different diagnostic categories.
  Author(s): Gray, J., McCullagh, J., Petros, T.
  Publication: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  Date: November 2015
  Type: Journal Article

Most Recent Presentations

• Maltreatment of American Indian Elderly
  Presented by Wheeler, M., Gray, J. on Aug 09, 2019 at the 2019 American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois
• Native Elder Maltreatment Survey (NEMS): Elder American Indian Women's Experiences
  Presented by Gray, J., Wheeler, M. on Aug 09, 2019 at the 2019 American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois
• Spiritual Abuse Among American Indian Elderly
  Presented by Gray, J., Wheeler, M. on Aug 09, 2019 at the 2019 American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois
• Factor Analysis of Beck Depression Inventory-II with Two American Indian Samples
  Presented by Gray, J., Petros, T., Stupnisky, R. on Aug 08, 2019 at the 2019 American Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, Illinois
• Disrespect of Our Elders: Elder Abuse in Indian Country
  Presented by Gray, J. on May 10, 2017 at the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) Research to Practice (R2P), Webinar Series