Gareth McCray

Dr Gareth McCray is a Research Associate at Keele University's School of Medicine, affiliated with the Research Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences. He holds a PhD in Applied Social Statistics from Lancaster University (2014) and previously worked there as a Research Associate before joining Keele in 2016. His research focuses on statistical methodologies applied to healthcare, including child development assessment tools (e.g., Global Scales for Early Development), clinical evaluation (e.g., OSCE score adjustments), and musculoskeletal health questionnaires (MSK-HQ). He contributes to courses like MMedSci Statistics and Epidemiology and external psychiatric training programs. McCray is actively involved in international collaborations such as the GSES and INDIGO projects, aiming to standardize developmental assessments for young children. He also serves on the Royal Statistical Society's Young Statisticians Section Committee.

His work emphasizes rigorous statistical validation of healthcare tools, with recent publications focusing on examiner variability in medical exams, cross-cultural validation of developmental scales, and the creation of caregiver burden measures (CLCF-SF). His articles span medical education, child development, and psychometric methods, reflecting his interdisciplinary approach to health sciences research.