Megan J. Gray, M.D., MPH

Megan Gray is a general academic pediatrician and clinician researcher. Her research aims to prevent cycles of intergenerational obesity and metabolic disease by understanding the socioenvironmental factors that contribute to early childhood transmission of health, particularly in low-resource populations. She studies prenatal and early childhood nutrition and excess weight gain, including responsive feeding and healthy sleep practices in infants and toddlers. She is funded through the American Diabetes Association to evaluate varying levels of parent coaching on healthy infant sleep and feeding in a community health setting.

She also researches food insecurity in COVID-19 with intensive case management as an intervention, as well as parental motivations for COVID-19 vaccines and factors involved in perinatal COVID-19 immunity. She is experienced in qualitative research with immigrant families and is involved in advocacy work in systems for mental health collaboration. She teaches courses in immigrant health and health policy for residents and medical students.

Gray is a graduate of Children’s National Medical Center pediatric residency program with a focus on community health and advocacy.