Michelle (Shelley) Gray

PGDipPH (Hons), BA

Michelle Gray has been working as a Māori Research Assistant at the Centre for Public Health Research since 2003 mainly in the area of recruitment, data collection and interviewing. She is currently working on the Worker Exposure Study, the Non-Inflammatory Mechanisms in Asthma Study, the Microbiome in Asthma Study and the Pasifika Gastric Cancer Study. Michelle is interested in Māori Health and in improving the health and well- being of all New Zealanders by reducing inequalities and developing strong and effective policy based on sound research. Michelle has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Policy & Women's Studies (Victoria University) and a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health (Massey University). Michelle's main Iwi affiliations are Ngāti Porou, Tainui, Ngāti Hei & Ngāti Maniapoto.

• Publications
• Current Research Projects

PUBLICATIONS

Publication	Type
Eng A, Denison H, Chung A, 't Mannetje A, McLean D, Barnes L, Keer S, Laird I, Gray M, Feary Mckenzie J, Douwes J. (2019) Worker exposure survey report Part 2: Results from a worker exposure survey in seven targeted occupational groups. 31 March.	Reports
Hakkaart C, Ellison-Loschmann L, Day R, Sporle A, Koea J, Harawira P, Cheng S, Gray M, Pearce N, Guilford P. Germline CDH1 mutations are a significant contributor to the high frequency of early-onset diffuse gastric cancer cases in New Zealand Māori. Familial Cancer, 2019; 18(1):83–90.	Journal
Ellison-Loschmann L, Sporle A, Corbin M, Cheng S, Harawira P, Gray M, Guilford P, Koea J, Pearce N. Risk of stomach cancer in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Māori population based case-control study. PLOS One, 2017; 12(7): e0181581.	Journal
Jeffreys M, McKenzie F, Tupai-Firestone R, Gray M, Cheng S, Moala A, Pearce N, Ellison-Loschmann L. A multi-ethnic breast cancer case-control study in New Zealand: evidence of differential risk patterns. Cancer Causes Control, 2013; 24(1): 135-52.	Journal
McLean D, Eng A, Walls C, Dryson E, Harawira J, Cheng S, Wong K, 't Mannetje A, Gray M, Shoemack P, Smith A, Pearce N. Serum dioxin levels in former New Zealand sawmill workers twenty years after exposure to pentachlorophenol (PCP) ceased. Chemosphere, 2009; 74(7): 962-7.	Journal
Ellison-Loschmann L, Gray M, Cheng S, Pearce N. Follow-up Study of Asthma Severity in Māori Adolescents. Australasian Epidemiologist, 2008; 15(2): 4-10.	Journal
Ellison-Loschmann L, Gray M, Cheng S, Pearce N. Asthma Management and Access to Care in a Random Sample of Māori Adolescents with Asthma. Australasian Epidemiologist, 2006; 13(1): 18-24.	Journal
Kiro C, Barton R, Tauroa P, Johanson H, Gray M, Ellison-Loschmann L, Pearce N, Kelsall L, Steele J, Hassall I, Belgrave M. (2004). Te hauora o nga tamariki o Whaingaroa. Centre for Public Health Research. Occasional Report Series No 5. Wellington, NZ: Centre for Public Health Research, 2004. [ISBN 4-476-00740-2; ISSN 1176-1237].	Reports