Gail G. McCray, MA, MCHES® 

Education

POST GRADUATE:
Morehouse School of Medicine
Health Sciences Teaching Certificate (inaugural class 2023)

Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®)

GRADUATE: 
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Degree: Master of Arts in Health Promotion and Behaviour

UNDERGRADUATE: 
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Degree: BA in General Science and African and African American Studies

Research Interests

Translational Science with emphasis on community engagement.

Publications

• Durham Walker C, McCray GG, Wimes A, Levine D, Rivers D. Training Medical Students to Recognize, Understand, and Mitigate the Impact of Racism in a Service-Learning Course. Prev Chronic Dis 2023; 20:220367. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5888/pcd20.220367.
• Zheng, J., Williams-Livingston, A., Danavall, N., Ervin, C., and McCray, G. October 25, 2021. Online High School Community Health Worker Curriculum: Key Strategies of Transforming, Engagement, and Implementation. Frontiers in Public Health. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.667840
• Allen, C.G., Bethea, B.J., McKinney, L., Escoffery, C., Henry Akintobi, T., McCray, G., McBride, C.M. (2020). Exploring the Role of Community Health Workers in Improving the Collection of Family Health History. Health Promotion and Practice.
• McCray GG, Haynes BL, Proeller, AS, Ervin CE, and Williams-Livingston, AD. Making the Case for Community Health Workers in Georgia. 2020. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association.
• Williams-Livingston, AD, Ervin, CE, McCray, GG.  2020. Bridge Builders to Health Equity: The High School Community Health Worker Training Program. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association.

Honors and Awards

• 2023 Standing Ovation Award – Georgia Community Health Worker Initiative