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Amy Gray

Associate Professor - Cah Co-Ordinator
paediatrics
health services
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
child
infant
adolescent
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A/Prof

Amy Gray

 
Division
Medicine, Dentistry And Health Sciences
 
Primary Interest
Mixed Methods Research
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A/Prof

Amy Gray

 

Dr Amy Gray is a General Paediatrician, Medical Educator and mixed-methods researcher with over 10 years experience in global health focused in South East Asia, particularly Lao PDR and Vietnam. Dr Gray undertook a PhD which evaluated the impact of implementing the WHO Pocketbook of Hospital Care for Children on the quality of care in in Lao PDR, and the factors that influenced changes in practice.

Following this she developed and continues to lead a program of collaboration with Lao Paediatricians and the University of Health sciences Lao PDR. This work is funded by the Planet Wheeler Foundation to improve quality of paediatric care and medical education capacity in Lao PDR. The collaboration has led to work implementing and evaluating oxygen systems in district hospitals, implementing and evaluating Early Essential Newborn Care, redesigning educational approaches to the the WHO Pockeboook and IMNCI (Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illnesses) and understanding learning and teaching needs in low income settings. Dr Gray and her team have worked with the World Health Organisation, Save the Children, UNICEF and the Lao Ministry of Health. Her research interests include medical education, and the use of education strategies to change clinical care an improve outcomes using mixed-methods research approaches and the use of technology to enable education and translation to practice.

Projects

Displaying the 8 most recent projects by Amy Gray.

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Multidisciplinary Communication Skills Workshop Focusing On Building Positive, Respectful Relationships Between Health Care Providers And Patients

2019 - 2020
Active
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To Improve Neonatal Care By Supporting The Eenc Implementation In Lao Pdr

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Fourth Phase- Integrated Approach To Improving Clinical Care Of Sick Children, Luang Prabang Province

2018 - 2020
Active
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Apw To Improve Neonatal Care By Supporting The Eenc Implementation In Lao Pdr

2018 - 2019
Completed
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Melbourne Children'S Education Mapping Exercise & Strategic Plan

2018 - 2018
Completed
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Integrated Approach To Improving Clinical Care Of Sick Children In Luang Prabang Province

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Proposal For Building Human Resource Capacity For Improving Child Health In Lao Pdr

2012 - 2018
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Evaluation Of The Incorporation Of Who Guidelines Into Post-Graduate Medical Curriculum; The Impact On Quality Of Care

There is abundant evidence that many patients do not receive medical treatments of proven effectiveness. This is even more apparent in devel..

2009 - 2013
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

4

Research Contracts

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Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 18 most recent scholarly works by Amy Gray.

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Hypoxaemia in hospitalised children and neonates: A prospective cohort study in Nigerian secondary-level hospitals.

Hamish Graham, Ayobami A Bakare, Adejumoke I Ayede, Oladapo B Oyewole, Amy Gray, David Peel, Barbara McPake, Eleanor Neal, Shamim A Qazi, Rasa Izadnegahdar, Trevor Duke, Adegoke G Falade

Journal article  |  2019  |  EClinicalMedicine

Background: Hypoxaemia is a common complication of pneumonia and a major risk factor for death, but less is known about hypoxaemia..

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Oxygen systems to improve clinical care and outcomes for children and neonates: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial in Nigeria

Hamish R Graham, Ayobami A Bakare, Adejumoke Ayede, Amy Z Gray, Barbara McPake, David Peel, Olatayo Olatinwo, Oladapo B Oyewole, Eleanor FG Neal, Cattram D Nguyen, Shamim A Qazi, Rasa Izadnegahdar, John B Carlin, Adegoke G Falade, Trevor Duke

Journal article  |  2019  |  PLOS Medicine

BACKGROUND: Improving oxygen systems may improve clinical outcomes for hospitalised children with acute lower respiratory infectio..

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Structuring ward rounds to enhance education

Amy Z Gray, Maitreyi Modak, Tom Connell, Helen Enright

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Clinical Teacher

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Hyponatraemia in a Lao paediatric intensive care unit: Prevalence, associations and intravenous fluid use

Mark G Elliman, Oulaivanh Vongxay, Bandith Soumphonphakdy, Amy Gray

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Medical Education in Lao People’s Democratic Republic: The challenges students face in accessing learning resources

Annie Linda Kilpatrick, Ketsomsouk Bouphavanh, Sourideth Sengchanh, Vannyda Namvongsa, Amy Z Gray

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2019  |  Asia Pacific Scholar

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Opening the black box: An observational study of teaching and learning interactions for paediatrics trainees on consultant ward rounds

Amy Gray, Helen Enright

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Adoption of paediatric and neonatal pulse oximetry by 12 hospitals in Nigeria: a mixed-methods realist evaluation

Hamish R Graham, Ayobami A Bakare, Amy Gray, Adejumoke Idowu Ayede, Shamim Qazi, Barbara McPake, Rasa Izadnegahdar, Trevor Duke, Adegoke G Falade

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMJ Global Health

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Assessment of the quality of neonatal care in the Solomon Islands

Shidan Tosif, Titus Nasi, Amy Gray, Nahad Sadr-Azodi, Divi Ogaoga, Trevor Duke

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Medical education in Laos

TA Wittick, K Bouphavanh, V Namvongsa, A Khounthep, A Gray

Journal article  |  2018  |  Medical Teacher

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Improving oxygen therapy for children and neonates in secondary hospitals in Nigeria: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial

Hamish R Graham, Adejumoke I Ayede, Ayobami A Bakare, Oladapo B Oyewole, David Peel, Amy Gray, Barbara McPake, Eleanor Neal, Shamim Qazi, Rasa Izadnegahdar, Adegoke G Falade, Trevor Duke

Journal article  |  2017  |  Trials

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Some sustained improvements in pneumonia case management four and five years following implementation of paediatric hospital guidelines in Lao PDR

Amy Gray, Louis Chhor, Saysanasongkham Sanyalack, Ruth Lim, Jana Lai, Keo Vilivong, Melinda Morpeth, Douangdao Soukaloun, Fiona Russell

Journal article  |  2017  |  Scientific Reports

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Providing oxygen to children in hospitals: a realist review

Hamish Graham, Shidan Tosif, Amy Gray, Shamim Qazi, Harry Campbell, David Peel, Barbara McPake, Trevor Duke

Journal article  |  2017  |  Bulletin of the World Health Organization

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A Qualitative Study of Provider Perceptions of Influences on Uptake of Pediatric Hospital Guidelines in Lao PDR

Amy Z Gray, Douangdao Soukaloun, Bandith Soumphonphakdy

Journal article  |  2017  |  The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Improved oxygen systems in district hospitals in Lao PDR: a prospective field trial of the impact on outcomes for childhood pneumonia and equipment sustainability.

Amy Zigrida Gray, Melinda Morpeth, Trevor Duke, David Peel, Christian Winter, Manivanh Satvady, Kongkham Sisouk, Bouasengnignom Prasithideth, Khamsay Detleuxay

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMJ Paediatrics Open

Background: Hypoxaemia is a common and potentially fatal complication of many childhood, newborn and maternal conditions but often..

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Implementing WHO hospital guidelines improves quality of paediatric care in central hospitals in Lao PDR

Amy Zigrida Gray, Douangdao Soukaloun, Bandith Soumphonphakdy, Trevor Duke

Journal article  |  2015  |  Tropical Medicine & International Health

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Ex vivo pediatric brain tumors express Fas (CD95) and FasL (CD95L) and are resistant to apoptosis induction

CD Riffkin, AZ Gray, CJ Hawkins, CW Chow, DM Ashley

Journal article  |  2001  |  Neuro-Oncology

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In vitro fusion of human inguinal hernia with associated epithelial transformation

JM Hutson, FR Albano, G Paxton, Y Sugita, R Connor, TD Clarnette, AZ Gray, LM Watts, PJ Farmer, S Hasthorpe

Journal article  |  2000  |  Cells Tissues Organs

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Medical students’ experience of a Teddy Bear Hospital as part of a paediatric curriculum

Lilly Nheu, Wonie Uahwatanasakul, Amy Gray

Journal article  |  Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Health and Support Services
Public Health and Health Services
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Sciences
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Demography
Education Systems

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2009

NHMRC
2008

Nossal Institute Postgraduate Research Scholarship
2009

FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor - Cah Co-Ordinator

Paediatrics Royal Children'S Hospital

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Graduate Diploma of Clinical Education

Flinders University of South Australia

Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Medical Science

University of Melbourne

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