Tamryn F. Gray, PhD, RN, MPH
Program Faculty

Dr. Tamryn Fowler Gray, PhD, RN, MPH, is an Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Nursing and an Associate Member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research focuses on enhancing psychosocial outcomes, improving access to supportive care services during care transitions, and advancing health equity for family caregivers of individuals affected by cancer and other serious illnesses. Dr. Fowler Gray’s work centers on developing scalable interventions and innovative solutions that drive health systems and policy changes. Her goal is to leverage family-centered care, palliative care, and care transitions as key strategies to improve health outcomes, equity, quality, and cost-effectiveness.

Dr. Fowler Gray earned her BSN and MSN from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MPH in Epidemiology from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and a PhD from the Johns Hopkins University, where she was recognized as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing Scholar. Her work has received funding from prestigious organizations, including the RWJF Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, the Oncology Nursing Foundation, the American Cancer Society, the Cambia Health Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators, and the Oppenheimer Family Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care Research Grants Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Additionally, she is a past recipient of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Research Scholar Award.