Tamryn Fowler Gray, PhD, BSN, MSN, MPH 

Dr. Gray is an Assistant Professor at the UNC School of Nursing and a Full Member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research focuses on enhancing psychosocial outcomes, improving care delivery, 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. Additionally, she is a past recipient of the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Research Scholar Award.

With clinical expertise in pediatrics, hematology, oncology, and blood and marrow transplantation, Dr. Fowler Gray has spent several years practicing in these specialized areas.

In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, engaging in DIY projects, podcasting, exploring a variety of book genres at local bookstores, poetry, spending quality time with family and friends, and taking nature walks with her beloved dog, Cooper Scott.