Tamryn Gray, PhD, RN

Tamryn Gray, PhD, RN

Health Services Researcher in Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Tamryn Gray, RN, PhD, MPH is a Health Services Researcher in Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on improving care delivery and outcomes for patients with serious illness and their caregivers across the care continuum. She is particularly interested in developing solutions that spur health system and policy changes to leverage patient-family centered care, palliative care, and care transitions as innovation points to improve health outcomes. With clinical expertise in hematology and oncology, she also holds a role in the DFCI Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapies engaged in research, innovation, and quality improvement efforts. Dr. Gray holds bachelor’s degree and master’s degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MPH from Harvard, and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University.