Kevin Gray

Kevin Gray, M.D.


Professor
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Cancer Focus

Cancer prevention via treatment development and clinical trials of interventions for tobacco, cannabis, and other substance use disorders

Research Interest

As a physician-scientist focused on treatment development for substance use disorders in adolescents and young adults. I have been consistently engaged in scholarly work relevant to cancer prevention and control, most notably via clinical research to advance understanding of and treatments for tobacco use disorder. I have been an active member of the Hollings Cancer Center (HCC) Cancer Prevention and Control program for many years, and during that time, I have led multiple large-scale adolescent-focused tobacco cessation pharmacotherapy trials. I have also consistently collaborated with HCC colleagues on an array of translational and clinical research endeavors to bolster clinical outcomes related to tobacco and other substance use.

Positions and Scientific Appointments

2025-Present: Chair, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston SC 2023-Present: Director, Addiction Sciences Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC 2022-2025: Assistant Vice President for Advancing Research Partnerships, MUSC 2019-2022: Assistant Provost for Research Advancement, MUSC 2016-2019: Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC 2016-Present: Professor with Tenure, Addiction Sciences Division and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC 2014-2015: Associate Professor with Tenure, Clinical Neuroscience Division and Youth Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC 2011-2013: Associate Professor, Clinical Neuroscience Division and Youth Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC 2005-2010: Assistant Professor, Youth Division, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, MUSC

Education

Fellowship
June 2005
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Residency
June 2004
Psychiatry
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
MD
May 2000
Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
BS
May 1996
Chemical Engineering
Clemson University, Clemson, SC