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Natallia Gray

Title: Executive Director for Healthcare Initiatives / Teaching Professor
Department: Management and Entrepreneurship
Office: 3282 Gerdin

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Academic History

  • Ph.D., Economics: Health and Healthcare, University of South Florida, 2014
  • MS, Economics, University of South Florida, 2011
  • BS, Economics, University of Southern Maine, 2008

Expertise

  • Healthcare Economics
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Healthcare Quality Management

Awards

Associate/Full Term Faculty Teaching Award 2025

Professional Licenses and Certifications

Certified Healthcare Emergency Coordinator (CHEC)
Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in Healthcare Industry (CLSSBB)
Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality (CPHQ)

Selected Publications

  • Gray, N. & Petrova, O. (2023) "Teaching root cause analysis in healthcare management courses with Grey’s Anatomy", Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 22 (4):224-236. Link to Paper
  • Herrmann, A.T., Gray, N., Petrova, O. (2023) "Staff Perceptions of Interdisciplinary Team Training and its Effectiveness in Reducing Medical Errors", International Journal of Healthcare Management, 16 (2):258-267. Link to Paper
  • Gray, N., Thomas, C. D., Wilson, A. B., Youngblood Ortiz, A., & Caldwell, J. L. (2022) "Program Management Issues: Pursuing AUPHA Program Certification in an AACSB-Accredited Business College", Journal of Health Administration Education, 39 (1):143-155. Link to Paper
  • Petrova, O., & Gray, N. (2021) "The Effects of Medical Marijuana Laws on Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Early Adopting US States", Economic Analysis and Policy, 69 (1):68-82. Link to Paper
  • Hildebrand-Clubbs B., Gray, N., Madlock, P (2021) "Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Technology Acceptance Model to Analyze Employee Adoption of a Wearable Fitness Tracker Program with a Financial Incentive", Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 14 (2):149-162. Link to Paper
  • Clubbs, B. H., Barnette, A. R., Gray, N., Weiner, L., Bond, A., Harden, J., & Pineda, R. (2019) "A Community Hospital NICU Developmental Care Partner Program: Feasibility and Association with Decreased Nurse Burnout Without Increased Infection Rates", Advances in Neonatal Care, 19 (4):311-320. Link to Paper
  • Gray, N., Picone G. (2018) "Evidence of Social Interactions in Mammography in the United States", Atlantic Economic Journal, 46 (4):441-457. Link to Paper
  • Gray, N., Picone, G. (2016) "The Effect of the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations on Mammography Rates", Health Services Research, 51 (4):1533-1545. Link to Paper
  • Gray, N., Picone, G., Sloan, F., & Yashkin, A. (2015) "Relation between BMI and Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications among US Older Adults", Southern Medical Journal, 108 (1):29-36. Link to Paper