Research
Dr. Lori Gray is currently involved in a variety of scholarly activities. A mindfulness intervention research project resulted in a publication in the Journal of Innovation in Higher Education, titled “The Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Meditation Module for Students Who Have Aged Out of Foster Care” (Gray, L.,Font, S., Unrau, Y., & Dawson, A.). She presented this research in a virtual poster session at the 3rd International Conference on Mindfulness hosted by the University of Amsterdam; she also presented the full paper at the 4th International Conference on Mindfulness at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Dr. Gray is also a stroke survivor. She now largely pursues research related to mindfulness-based stroke recovery. Her publication titled, “” was accepted to be presented for the 11th International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society, at the University of Sorbonne, Paris, France.
One of her evolved from her personal stroke recovery journey into the nation’s first-of-its-kind mindfulness-based training for stroke survivors. In 2022, Dr. Gray was awarded a FRACCA grant to support this pilot project in collaboration with St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri to deliver her model to stroke patients. In 2023 she received a grant award to continue her work within the St. Luke’s hospital system.