Rate My Professor Kathleen Gray

Professor Kathleen Gray is a Professor in the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health within the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne. She also holds an affiliation with the School of Computing and Information Systems. Gray earned her PhD from the University of Melbourne and a Master's degree (Coursework and Research) from Monash University. She serves as Director of Education and Workforce Development at the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health and Chair of the Education and Workforce Development Steering Group. Her career progression at the University of Melbourne includes prior roles such as Senior Research Fellow in the Health and Biomedical Informatics Centre.

Gray's research specializations encompass health informatics and health information systems. She leads a research team that develops evaluation frameworks to assess the value added by digital health technologies, considering factors such as enhanced patient experiences, improved health outcomes, and more effective utilization of health professionals' skills and time. A key project involved creating an evaluation framework for the National Broadband Network-enabled Integrated Home Telehealth pilot, in collaboration with Precedence Health Care and the Royal District Nursing Society. Her influential publications include 'First year students' experiences with technology: Are they really digital natives?' (Kennedy et al., 2008), 'Digital divides? Student and staff perceptions of information and communication technologies' (Waycott et al., 2010), 'The net generation are not big users of Web 2.0 technologies: Preliminary findings' (Kennedy et al., 2007), 'In their own words: A qualitative study of the reasons Australian university students plagiarize' (Devlin and Gray, 2007), and 'Health outcomes and related effects of using social media in chronic disease management: a literature review and analysis of affordances' (Merolli et al., 2013). She co-authored the book 'The Health Information Workforce' (2021) and received the University of Melbourne Community Engagement Grant for the Self-omics project (2012-2016). In 2021, she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for her contributions to health informatics and library services.