**Richard Gray**

Professor Richard Gray has been working at La Trobe University since 2017, becoming Theme Lead (Healthy Peoples Families and Communities) in 2021. He provides research leadership across La Trobe University, with an overall responsibility over the research theme of "Healthy People Families and Communities", facilitating research and industry opportunities in consultation and collaboration with Deans, Associate Deans, and Research Center Directors. Prof. Gray supports the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in the leadership and management of research at La Trobe University. He originally trained and worked as a Mental Health Nurse at the Maudsley Hospital in London before training in epidemiology and public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropic Medicine. Subsequently, he has worked as a mental health services researcher focused on improving physical health outcomes for people experiencing mental ill-health, initially at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, and later at the University of East Anglia and finally, La Trobe University. He is an Elsevier highly cited researcher, and his work has directly impacted the care and treatment of people experiencing mental ill-health in Australia and internationally. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Nursing Reports and is actively involved in the open science movement. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.
