 |  | Gray, David B., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology
Phone: 314.286.1658 office
Fax: 314.286.1601
graydb@wusm.wustl.edu
www.communitychange.info
http://enablemob.wustl.edu
Area of Research Interest: Dr. Gray’s research involves understanding various factors that influence community participation by people with disabilities. His work covers: 1) developing and testing subjective and objective measures of participation in communities; 2) implementing community engagement initiatives to improve community receptivity for people with impairments; 3) developing person-specific interventions to increase community participation by people with mobility limitation, low visual, or are hard of hearing; and 4) studying characteristics of people with disabilities who work and the receptivity of their work environments.
Dr. Gray received his BA in psychology in 1966 from Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin; his MA in psychology (experimental) in 1970 from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI; and his PhD in psychology and genetics (behavior genetics) from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN in 1974. He heads the Disability and Community Participation lab and teaches in both the MSOT and OTD programs.
Dr. Gray is research co-investigator on two projects funded by the US Department of Education, National Institute of Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR). One project is developing measurement tools for examining interdependence and community living of people with mobility limitations, low vision and/or hearing impairments. He is the research director for Region 7 Disability Business and Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC). His research team has developed and is testing subjective and objective measures of environmental sites (doctor’s offices, restaurants) frequently visited by people with disabilities. This research group has surveyed more than 1,000 people with disabilities for the purpose of finding out what they do and where they do activities. The surveys are based on two projects funded by the CDC on the influence of environmental enhancers and barriers to participation by people with disabling conditions in major life activities. The NIH funded Dr. Gray to make these surveys accessible through the web. His research has also included work on the effects of disabling conditions on the spouses of people with Multiple Sclerosis or Spinal Cord Injuries.
Dr. Gray was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Environmental Task Force for the revision of the International Classification of Diseases, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). He served as Deputy Director of the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1990 through 1995 and was health scientist administrator at NIH where he assisted in the development of a national research program in learning disabilities. He authored NIH supplemental research training grants, research fellowships for individuals with disabilities, and the program announcement which resulted in12 institutional rehabilitation research training grants. Dr. Gray, a C5/6 quadriplegic, directed the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC from 1986 to 1987where he was responsible for increasing integration of people with disabilities into research and training programs funded by NIDRR. Dr. Gray has reviewed grant applications for the National Institutes of Health and served on both the Education and Training Foundation and Spinal Cord Injury Foundation Review Boards for PVA. Additionally, he served on an Institute of Medicine Committee that published a report titled, “Enabling America: Assessing the Role of Rehabilitation Science and Engineering” calling for more government support of rehabilitation and rehabilitation engineering research in America. Dr. Gray has presented his research at many national and international conferences, conventions and meetings and has received numerous honors and awards in recognition of his contributions.
RESEARCH SUMMARY
Name of Lab: Disability and Community Participation
Faculty Involved: David B. Gray, PhD; Holly Hollingsworth, PhD; Jessica Dashner, OTD; Jacqueline Webel, OTD; Meghan Gottlieb, MSW
Description of Lab: Participation and Environment Assessments for People with Mobility, Visual and Hearing Impairments and Limitations. This lab develops and tests assessment tools to capture the person and environment interactions for persons with mobility, visual and hearing impairments and limitations. Students who work in this lab may have the opportunity to participate in client interview, focus groups, survey administration by telephone, n-person assessments, assisting participants with individualized exercise sessions, technology development and assessment, data entry, data analysis, literature reviews, written journal articles and oral presentations of their work. The students work with other members of the research group learning research skills. Dr. Gray is the primary person responsible for all students who choose to work on a MS or OTD in the Disability and Community Participation Lab.
Examples of Projects include: Assistive Technology Reutilization Program for Independent Living, Influence of Training of Personal Care Attendants and Participants on Health and Community Participation, Development of Community Based Outcome Measures, Exercise Health and Wellness for People with Mobility Impairments, Community Engagement Initiatives for Improving Receptivity for People with Mobility, Visual and Hearing Impairments and Limitations, Community Engagement to Improve Receptivity to People with Disabilities, Successful Employment of People with Disabilities.
Link to Laboratory: Disability and Community Participation
RESEARCH SUPPORT CURRENT OR RECENTLY COMPLETED
Governmental
2009 – 2014 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133B090024) RRTC on Improving Measurement of Medical Rehabilitation Outcomes. (Allen Heinemann, Principal Investigator) David B. Gray, (.083 months/calendar).
2006 – 2011 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133B060018) RRTC on Measurement and Interdependence in Community Living. (Glen White, Principal Investigator) David B. Gray, Research Director (2.0 months/calendar).
2006 – 2011 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133A0608915) Great Plains Disability Business Technical Assistance Center. (Jim de Jong, Principal Investigator) David B. Gray, Research Director (2.4 months/calendar).
2004 – 2006 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1R21HD04585501). Rehabilitation Outcomes, Community Participation and ICF, David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (2.4 months/calendar).
2001 – 2006 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133A010701). Assistive Technology in the Community. David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (3 months/calendar).
2000 – 2006 US Department of Education, NIDRR - (H133N000019). Influence of new wheelchairs on participation. (Principal Investigator: Michael Boninger, MD University of Pittsburgh Model Center on Spinal Cord Injury). David B. Gray, Investigator (.6 months/calendar).
2000 – 2006 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133B000500). Influence of personal assistance on participation (PI: White, PhD University of Kansas, Independent Living Rehabilitation Research and Training Center). David B. Gray Investigator (.6 months/calendar).
2002 - 2005 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (GB#65687). Developing a CAHPS Survey for Persons with Mobility Impairments (PI: Garfinkel, S. American Institute for Research David B. Gray, Co-investigator (.2 months/calendar).
2003 – 2003 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133A010701). Ergonomic Solutions for Employment for People with Mobility Impairments (PI: Armstrong, T PhD University of Michigan) David B. Gray, Co-investigator (.6 months/calendar).
2000 - 2003 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R04/CCR718778-01) Development of a community health environment checklist. David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (2.4 months/calendar).
2000 – 2001 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R04/CCR714134-03S) Mobility, disabilities, participation and environment extension. David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (2.4 months/calendar).
1999 – 2003 US Department of Education, NIDRR (H133G990167) Equiprecise measurement for the ICIDH2 classification of activity: An innovative solution for evaluating the worldwide incidence and prevalence of disability. (PI: V Velozo, C PhD, University of Florida) David B. Gray, Co-investigator (1.2 months/calendar).)
1997 - 2002 National Institute of Neurological Disease and Stroke Health (NIH) (1 RO1 NS35830). Spasticity and strength as indicators for rhizotomy. (PI Engsberg, J PhD) David B. Gray, PhD, Co-investigator (1.2 months/calendar).)
1998 – 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R04/CCR714134) Mobility, disabilities, participation and environment. David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (2.4 months/calendar).
1999 – 2000 Missouri Department of Public Health (C003019001). Mobility impaired individuals with secondary conditions. David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (.6 months/calendar).
1998 - 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R04/CCR714134-02S2) Environment support, work and mobility impaired individuals. David B. Gray, Principal Investigator (2.4 months/calendar).)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Peer Reviewed
Gray DB, Dashner JD, Morgan KA, Lyles M, Scheller MD, Morris CL, Hollingsworth HH. Influence of a consumer-directed personal assistance services program on the lives of persons with mobility impairments. Disability and Health 2009:2(4): 188-195.
Degroot, KK, Hollingsworth HH, Morgan KA, Mortis ML, Gray DB. The influence of verbal training and visual feedback on manual wheelchair propulsion. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 2009:4(2):86-94.
Crawford A, Hollingsworth HH, Morgan K., Gray DB. People with Mobility Impairments: Physical Activity and Quality of Participation. Disability and Health 2008:1(1): 7 – 13.
Gray DB, Hollingsworth HH, Stark SL, Morgan KA. A subjective measure of environmental facilitators and barriers to participation for people with mobility limitations. Disability and Rehabilitation 2008:30(6): 434-457.
Stark S, Hollingsworth HH, Morgan K., Gray DB. Development of a measure of receptivity of the physical environment. Disability and Rehabilitation 2007: 29(2): 123 – 137.
Schopp LH, Clark MJ, Hagglund KJ, Stout BJ, Gray DB, Boninger ML. Life activities among individuals with spinal cord injury living in the community: perceived choice and perceived barriers. Rehabilitation Psychology 2007:52(1): 82-88.
Stineman MG, Ross RN, Maislin M, Gray DB. Population-Based Study of Home Accessibility Features and the Activities of Daily Living: Clinical and Policy Implications Disability and Rehabilitation. Disability & Rehabilitation 2007:29(15): 1165 – 1175.
Bricout J, Gray D. Community receptivity: The ecology of disabled persons’ participation in the physical, political and social environments. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 2006:8(1): 1-21.
Stark SL, Edwards D, Hollingsworth HH, Gray DB. Validation of the Reintegration to Normal Living Index in a population of community-dwelling people with mobility limitations. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2005: 86(2): 344-345.
Chaves ES, Boninger ML, Cooper R, Fitzgerald SG, Gray DB, Cooper RA. Assessing the Influence of Wheelchair Technology on Perception of Participation in Spinal Cord Injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2004: (85):1854-1858.
Gray DB. Delivering AT in the Community through an Interdisciplinary Approach. In Craddock, G.M., McCormack, L.P., Reilly, R.B., & Knops, H.T. (11th), Proceedings of the 7th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology. Assistive Technology- Shaping the Future. 2003, 61-65. IOS Press: Burke, VA.
Gray DB, Gould M, Bickenbach JE. Environmental Barriers and Disability. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research 2003: 20(1): 29-37.
Gray DB, Morgan, KA, Hollingsworth, HH. Independent living and assistive technology: Work context. Rehabilitation Education. 2001: 15(4): 353-364.
Gray DB, Welch P, Hollingsworth, HH. Comparing perspectives of people with disabilities and professionals on the ICIDH-2 Beta-1. Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2000: 11(3):171-178.
Gray DB, Hendershot, GE. The ICIDH-2: Developments for a new era of outcomes research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2000:81(Suppl 2):S10-S14.
Gray DB. Developing Capacity for Disability Studies. Disability Studies Quarterly 1999: 19(1):16-18.
Morris, R., Lyon, G.R., Alexander, D., Gray, D.B., & Kavanagh, J. (l994). Proposed guidelines and criteria for the description of samples of learning disabled persons. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 12: 107-111.
Gray DB. Disability and Rehabilitation from Policy to Program: A Personal Perspective. American Psychologist 1990: 45(6): 751 - 756.
Raventos JM, Kralemann H, Gray DB. Mortality risks of mentally retarded and mentally ill patients after a feeding gastrostomy. American Journal of Mental Deficiency 1984: 19(6):848–854.
Invited Publications
Gray DB, Stark SL, Bricout JC, Morgan KA, Hollingsworth HH. Measures of Community Receptivity and Participation by People with Mobility Impairments. In G Andre (Ed.). Handicap and Environment, Institut Garches, Frison Roche, Paris, France, 2005.
Gray DB, Cook AM. Assistive technology – law and practice. In Albrecht, G.L, Jerome Bickenbach, David Mitchell, Walton Schalick and Sharon Synder (Associate Editors) Encyclopedia of Disability (5 Volumes) Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, 2005. 128-134
Baum CM, Gray DB. The family and rehabilitation services: Minimizing the impact on personal relationships. In: McColl M, Bickenbach J, eds. Introduction to Disability. London: Saunders; 1998: 167 – 173.
Fougeyrollas P, Gray DB. ICIDH, handicap and environmental factors and Social change: The importance of technology. In: Gray DB, Quatrano LA, Lieberman ML. eds. Using, Designing and Assessing Assistive Technology Baltimore: Brookes Publishing; 1998: 13 – 28.
Gray DB, Quatrano LA, Lieberman ML. eds. Designing and Using Assistive Technology: The Human Perspective. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing; 1998.
Gray DB, Hahn H. Achieving occupational goals: The social effects of stigma. In Christiansen and Baum (Eds.) Occupational Therapy: Enabling Function and Well-being. 2nd ed. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Incorporated; 1997: 394-409.
Peckham H, Gray DB. Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. 1996; 33, No 2: ix-xi.
Gray DB, Thompson T. eds. Treatment of Destructive Behavior in Developmental Disabilities. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications; 1994.
Lyon GR, Gray DB, Kavanagh JF, Krasnegor NA. eds. Better Understanding Learning Disabilities: New Views from Research and Their Implications for Evaluations and Public Policies. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing; 1993.
Kaiser AP, Gray DB. eds. Enhancing Children's Communication: Research Foundations for Intervention. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing; 1993.
Haseltine F, Cole S, Gray DB. eds. Reproductive Issues for Persons with Physical Disabilities. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing; 1993.
Gray DB, Graves WH, Cole TM. Federal Funding of Medical Rehabilitation Research: The National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research and The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. In: Maloney FP, Gray RP. eds. Management for Rehabilitation Medicine II. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: State of the Art Reviews. 1993; 7, No. 2: 381 - 392.
Gray DB, Schimmel A. Future Directions for Research on Reproductive Issues for People with Physical Disabilities. In: Haseltine F, Cole S, Gray DB. eds. Reproductive Issues for Persons with Physical Disabilities. Baltimore: Brookes Publishing; 1993: 337 - 354.
Duane DD, Gray DB. eds. The Reading Brain: The Biological Basis of Dyslexia. Baltimore: York Press; 1991.
Gray DB: Introduction: National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Funding for Research on Learning Disabilities 1980 - 1990. In: Duane DD, Gray DB: eds. The Reading Brain: The Biological Basis of Dyslexia. Baltimore: Baltimore: York Press; 1991: vi – xvi.
Dibble E, Gray DB. eds. Assessment of Behavior Problems in Persons with Mental Retardation Living in the Community. NIMH (ADMHA) and NICHD PHS DHHS Publication No. (ADM) 90-1642. Washington, D. C.: GPO Superintendent of Documents; 1990.
Patrias K, Gray DB. Treatment of Destructive Behaviors in Persons with Developmental Disabilities. National Library of Medicine, NIH, PHS DHHS Publication No. (CBM) 89-11. Washington, D. C.: GPO Superintendent of Documents; 1989.
Gray DB, Leclair R, Traub JE, Brummel SA, Maday DE, McDonough FA, Patton PR, Yonkler L. Access to Information Technology by Users with Disabilities: Initial Guidelines. Section 508 Rehabilitation Act. Washington, D. C.: General Services Administration; 1987.
Krasnegor NA, Gray DB, Thompson T. eds. Developmental Behavioral Pharmacology. New Jersey: Erlbaum; 1986.
Gray DB, Yaffe S. Prenatal Drugs and Learning Disabilities. In: Lewis, M. ed. Learning Disabilities and Prenatal Risk Chicago: University of Illinois Press; 1986: 3-18.
Gray DB, Kavanagh JF. eds. Dyslexia: Biological and Behavioral Measures. Baltimore: York Press; 1985.
Coates DL, Vietze PM, Gray DB. Methodological issues in studying children of disabled parents. In: Thurman KS. ed. Children of Handicapped Parents New York: Academic Press; 1984: 157 - 180.
Gray DB, Yaffe S. Prenatal Drugs. In: Brown CC. ed. Childhood Learning Disabilities and Prenatal Risk. New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company; 1983: 44-49.
Gray DB, Evans C, Rocco F, Heddle BJ. Educational options for the developmentally disabled. In McCormack M, Sciorra LJ, Ming-Ling L, eds. Prevention of Mental Retardation and Other Developmental Disabilities. New York: Decker; 1980.
Gray DB. The effects of etiology, drug and visual stimuli on fixed-interval panel pushing in a population of Downs and non-Downs syndrome retarded males. Dissertation Abstracts International. 1975; XXXV, 12.
David B. Gray, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy and Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine
Campus Box 8505
4444 Forest Park
St. Louis, MO 63108
314.286.1658
graydb@wusm.wustl.edu
www.communitychange.info
http://enablemob.wustl.edu
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