2020 INDUCTEE Jean Gray, MD Patient Care, Health and Medical Education & Training, Women in Medicine, Leadership in Organizational Development

Jean Gray inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

Virtual Ceremony (originally scheduled to be in Vancouver, BC)

After retiring from Dalhousie in 2002, Dr. Gray continued to expand the reach of her insights and influence

In 2009, she became a member of the World Health Organization’s Panel on Essential Medicine.

Dr. Gray served as a member and chair of the CMAJ Journal Oversight Committee from 2006 to 2015

Her service of more than a decade helped establish the CMAJ as the leading medical journal of the country.

When the Canadian Institutes of Health Research was formed, Dr. Jean Gray was asked to chair the Institute of Gender and Health Advisory Board

Beginning her career at a time when maternity leave provisions were virtually unknown, Dr. Gray became a powerful advocate for supporting women in medicine.

Dr. Jean Gray began working with the Canadian Pharmacists Association to develop a comprehensive handbook for primary care practitioners designed to support therapeutic decision-making

The book, Therapeutic Choices, went through five editions before transitioning to an electronic prescribing guide tailored to the needs of pharmacists and providers in primary care.

As a skilled administrator, Dr. Jean Gray became Associate Dean of Post-Graduate Medical Education at Dalhousie University

Following this position in 1996, she was appointed Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education. Dr. Gray’s influential leadership is a contributing factor to the prestige of the university and its medical faculty.

Created and edited Drugs and Therapeutics for Maritime Practitioners from 1977 to 2002 which developed a national and international profile in spite of a shoestring budget

Published 6 times a year, the objective, evidence-based newsletter provided balanced information about new drugs heavily marketed at that time.

Dr. Gray was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and Pharmacology

The following year she became the founding Head of the Dalhousie Division of General Medicine.

Following an internship at Toronto Western Hospital and a post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford, Dr. Gray moved to Halifax, NS

She came to Dalhousie to complete her residency and began a decades-long association with the University.

After graduating with a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Alberta, Jean Gray pursued research experience with microbiologist William J. Whelan at the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine in London

In the fall, she returned to Alberta to study medicine and graduated with distinction in 1967.