Dr Cindy Gray

  • Senior Lecturer (Institute of Health and Wellbeing Social Sciences)
  • Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow in Social Sciences (Institute of Health and Wellbeing)

Biography

After completing my PhD in psychology (cognitive neuroscience), I moved into the field of health behaviour change.

I now draw on both psychological and sociological theory to increase understanding of how to engage hard-to-reach groups in different settings and cultural backgrounds in sustained health behaviour change.

I am interested in the potential of community organisations, such as professional sports clubs (e.g. football and rugby clubs), bingo clubs, and prisons, to deliver health behaviour change interventions that are attractive and acceptable to at-risk groups.

I am also interested in the integration of social scientific theory with developments in digital technologies (e.g., mobile phone apps) to promote sustained positive health behaviours.

I am interested in supervising PhD projects to develop and evaluate health behaviour change (e.g. weight loss, physical activity, sedentary behaviour, diet) programmes including those delivered through mobile apps.


Research interests

Obesity

Physical activity

Sedentary behaviour

Diet

Health behaviour change interventions

Self determination theory

Social Practice theory

Digital health technology

Mobile apps

 


Selected publications

Grants

Selected Grants 

Intervening on sedentary behaviour in older adults: from results to practice

University of Glasgow

Oct 2016-Apr 2017

Move Like a Pro – a weight management and healthy lifestyle programme for male rugby supporters

Premiership Rugby

Nov 2015-Feb 2017

Health through Faith: can faith-based organisations support weight management and reduce the risk of NCDs in South Africa?

MRC PHIND

Jul 2016-Dec 2017

 

Feasibility study of how best to engage obese men in narrative SMS (short message system) and incentive interventions for weight loss, to inform a future effectiveness and cost-effectiveness trial

National Institute for Health Research

Feb 2016-Apr 2018

Professional Rugby clubs as a vehicle to deliver weight loss programmes for men

Health Research Council NZ

Jun 2015-Jul 2016

 

Starfish in Stroke RCT

Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland

Apr 2015-Mar 2017

 

Long term weight loss trajectories in participants in a randomised controlled trial of a weight management and healthy lifestyle programme for men delivered through professional football clubs: the Football Fans in Training follow up

National Institute for Health Research

Jan 2015-Jun 2016

 

Mobile Health data as a utility for public health benefit

ITaaU Network

Oct 2014-Mar 2015

 

The Well!Bingo programme: A feasibility study of a physical activity intervention delivered to older women in a Bingo club setting

Chief Scientist Office

Jan 2015-Mar 2016

 

FFIT for Women feasibility and FFIT Training materials development

Glasgow University

Apr 2014- Apr 2015

 

Intervening for positive lifestyle change in forensic mental health patients

Glasgow University

Feb-Sept 2014

 

My City: a mobile phone-based app to promote physical activity and engagement with Glasgow during the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Glasgow University

Jun 2013-Sept 2014

 

EuroFIT: Social innovation to improve physical activity and sedentary behaviour through elite European football clubs: European Fans in Training

EU FP7

Oct 2013 – Sept 2018

 

Seniors - understanding sedentary patterns

MRC Lifelong Health and Wellbeing

Oct 2013 - Sept 2016

 

Can rugby clubs help male supporters make positive lifestyle changes? The Rugby Fans in Training (RuFIT) project

The Bupa Foundation

Jul 2013 – Jun 2014

 

Community-based health improvement for disadvantaged women: could a physical activity/healthy eating intervention be delivered in Bingo clubs in Scotland?

Chief Scientist Office

Mar 2013-May 2014

 

Can a football-based weight management/physical activity/healthy living programme be adapted for delivery in secure institutional settings to support at-risk groups in positive, sustainable behavioural change?

Chief Scientist Office

Dec 2012 – Dec 2016

 

Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a randomized controlled trial of a gender-sensitive weight loss and healthy living programme delivered to men aged 35-65 by Scottish Premier League football clubs

National Institute for Health Research

Jun 2011 - Dec 2013

 

Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a feasibility trial and process evaluation of a weight management and healthy living programme delivered to men by Scottish Premier League football clubs

Chief Scientist Office

Nov 2010 - Jan 2012

 

Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a before-and-after evaluation of a weight management and healthy living programme delivered to men by Scottish Premier League football clubs

Scottish Premier League Trust

Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

 

Response to being informed of weight status and body fat composition

Cancer Research UK

Dec 2008 - Jan 2010


Supervision

PhD students

Amal Elramli 2013-date. Development and evaluation of a physicla activity intervention for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Claire McCallum 2014-date. Exploration of research methods for evaluating the effectiveness of mobile health technology (mHealth 

Tiago Carlos Zortea 2015-date. Associations between suicidality and attachment


Teaching

I convene the MSc in Global Health Programme

I convene the Masters-level course Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions


Additional information

Peer-reviewed Journals

Associate editor for BMC Public Health, 2016-date.

Associate editor for Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2015-date

Member of Advisory Board for the Physical Activity and Health Section of the Journal of Sports Sciences, 2017-date

Conference Invitations

Keynotes:

Research in Forensic Mental Health Services Conference, London, Apr 2015

Healthy Stadia Conference, Geneva, Dec 2014

Scottish Faculty of Public Health, Aviemore, Nov 2014

Other invited talks:

Challenging interventions with an obese society-engaging without enraging, International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity, atellite meeting, St Andrews, Jun 2015

Symposia:

Expert discussant in Applying user-centred development methods to digital health interventions symposium at UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Conference, Cardiff, Dec 2016

Organised Football Fans in Training Symposium, British Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences, St George’ Park, Nov 2014

Awards

Football Fans in Training won the Best Non-match day use of a Stadium Award in the Football Business awards, London, Nov 2016

RuFIT was runner up in the Breakrhru category of the UK Parliamentary Rugby Union Community Awards, London, Jul 2014

Football Fans in Training won the Herald Society Award for Health Provider of the Year, Glasgow, Nov 2011

Football Fans in Training won the1 European Professional Football League Best Practice Award for Social Responsibility, Vienna, Jul 2011

Other Activities

Athena Swan Panellist Jan 2017

Deputy-lead of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing Solution-Focussed Research Theme

Member of Glasgow University Gender Equality Steering Group  2013-date

Member of Institute of Health and Wellbeing Athena Swan Committee 2014-date

Member of Glasgow University 2014 Commonwealth Games Committee, 2013-date

Links

Cindy Gray ORCID ID


All publications

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Number of items: 53.

2018

Zimmermann, M., Bunn, C. , Namadingo, H., Gray, C. M. and Lwanda, J. (2018) Experiences of type 2 diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Global Health Research and Policy, (Accepted for Publication)

Demou, E. , MacLean, A., Cheripelli, L. J., Hunt, K. and Gray, C. M. (2018) Group-based healthy lifestyle workplace interventions for shift-workers: a systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, (Accepted for Publication)

Mwaniki, E. and Gray, C. M. (2018) Exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes: A cross-sectional study of primary school adolescents in Awendo Sub-County, Migori-Kenya. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 17(6), pp. 63-69.

Gray, C. , Colarte, E. and Young, C. (2018) Response to Cookstove trials and tribulations: what is needed to decrease the burden of household air pollution? Annals of the American Thoracic Society, (doi:10.1513/annalsats.201804-254le) (PMID:29767537) (Early Online Publication)

Palmer, V. J., Gray, C. M. , Fitzsimons, C. F., Mutrie, N., Wyke, S., Deary, I. J., Der, G. , Chastin, S. F.M. and Skelton, D. A. (2018) What do older people do when sitting and why? Implications for decreasing sedentary behaviour. Gerontologist, (doi:10.1093/geront/gny020) (PMID:29771308) (Early Online Publication)

Evans, J. M.M., Connelly, J., Jepson, R., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A. and Mackison, D. (2018) A physical activity intervention in a Bingo club: Significance of the setting. Health Education Journal, 77(3), pp. 377-384. (doi:10.1177/0017896917741150)

Gill, J. M.R. et al. (2018) Validation of a novel device to measure and provide feedback on sedentary behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(3), pp. 525-532. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001458) (PMID:29040225) (PMCID:PMC5828381)

McCallum, C., Rooksby, J. and Gray, C. M. (2018) Evaluating the impact of physical activity apps and wearables: interdisciplinary review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(3), e58. (doi:10.2196/mhealth.9054) (PMID:29572200)

Gale, C. R. et al. (2018) The epigenetic clock and objectively measured sedentary and walking behavior in older adults: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Clinical Epigenetics, 10, 4. (doi:10.1186/s13148-017-0438-z) (PMID:29321814) (PMCID:PMC5759300)

2017

Petrella, R. J. et al. (2017) Hockey fans in training: a pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(12), pp. 2506-2516. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001380) (PMID:28719494) (PMCID:PMC5704649)

Blunt, W. et al. (2017) Optimization of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) weight loss and healthy lifestyle program for male hockey fans. BMC Public Health, 17, 916. (doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4926-z) (PMID:29183291) (PMCID:PMC5706169)

Ryde, G. C., Gorely, T., Jepson, R., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., Williams, B., McMurdo, M. E.T. and Evans, J. M.M. (2017) How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project. BMC Women's Health, 17, 57. (doi:10.1186/s12905-017-0405-z) (PMID:28754102) (PMCID:PMC5534081)

van de Glind, I. et al. (2017) The intervention process in the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) trial: a mixed method protocol for evaluation. Trials, 18, 356. (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2095-0) (PMID:28750673) (PMCID:PMC5531072)

Martin, A. , Adams, J. M., Bunn, C. , Gill, J. M.R. , Gray, C. M. , Hunt, K. , Maxwell, D. J., van der Ploeg, H. P., Wyke, S. and Mutrie, N. (2017) Feasibility of a real-time self-monitoring device for sitting less and moving more: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 3(1), e000285. (doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000285) (PMID:29081985) (PMCID:PMC5652617)

2016

Bunn, C. , Wyke, S., Gray, C. M. , Maclean, A. and Hunt, K. (2016) 'Coz football is what we all have': masculinities, practice, performance and effervescence in a gender-sensitised weight-loss and healthy living programme for men. Sociology of Health and Illness, 38(5), pp. 812-828. (doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12402) (PMID:26864994) (PMCID:PMC4950300)

Rooksby, J., Asadzadeh, P., Morrison, A., McCallum, C., Gray, C. and Chalmers, M. (2016) Implementing Ethics for a Mobile App Deployment. In: OzCHI 2016, The 28th Australian Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Tasmania, Australia, 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2016, ISBN 9781450346184 (doi:10.1145/3010915.3010919)

Currie, S., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A. and McInnes, R. J. (2016) Antenatal physical activity: a qualitative study exploring women's experiences and the acceptability of antenatal walking groups. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16, 182. (doi:10.1186/s12884-016-0973-1) (PMID:27448657) (PMCID:PMC4957850)

van Nassau, F. et al. (2016) Study protocol of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT): a four-country randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle program for men delivered in elite football clubs. BMC Public Health, 16, 598. (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3255-y) (PMID:27430332) (PMCID:PMC4950080)

Hunt, K. , Wyke, S., Gray, C. , Bunn, C. and Singh, B. (2016) Football Fans in Training: a weight management and healthy living programme for men delivered via Scotland’s premier football clubs. In: Conrad, D. and White, A. (eds.) Sports-Based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World. Springer: New York, NY, pp. 251-260. ISBN 9781461459958 (doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5996-5_20)

Evans, J. M.M., Ryde, G., Jepson, R., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., McMurdo, M. E.T. and Williams, B. (2016) Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club. BMC Public Health, 16, 345. (PMID:27090081) (PMCID:PMC4836085)

2015

Estévez-López, F., Gray, C. M. , Segura-Jiménez, V., Soriano-Maldonado, A., Álvarez-Gallardo, I. C., Arrayás-Grajera, M. J., Carbonell-Baeza, A., Aparicio, V. A., Delgado-Fernández, M. and Pulido-Martos, M. (2015) Independent and combined association of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being with fibromyalgia severity: the al-Ándalus project. Quality of Life Research, 24(8), pp. 1865-1873. (doi:10.1007/s11136-015-0917-7) (PMID:25596699)

Martin, A. , Fitzsimons, C., Jepson, R., Saunders, D.H., van der Ploeg, H.P., Teixeira, P.J., Gray, C.M. and Mutrie, N. (2015) Interventions with potential to reduce sedentary time in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(16), pp. 1056-1063. (doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-094524) (PMID:25907181)

Ross, R., Gray, C. M. and Gill, J. M.R. (2015) The effects of an injected placebo on endurance running performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(8), pp. 1672-1681. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000000584) (PMID:25412293)

Straker, L. M., Fenner, A. A., Howie, E. K., Feltz, D. L., Gray, C. M. , Lu, A. S., Mueller, F. “F.”, Simons, M. and Barnett, L. M. (2015) Efficient and effective change principles in active videogames. Games for Health Journal, 4(1), pp. 43-52. (doi:10.1089/g4h.2014.0077)

Wyke, S. et al. (2015) Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a randomised controlled trial of a gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for men – end of study report. Public Health Research, 3(2), pp. 1-129. (doi:10.3310/phr03020) (PMID:25654156)

Gill, D. P. et al. (2015) Impact of Hockey Fans in Training Program on Steps and Self-rated Health in Overweight Men. In: American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1-4 June 2015,

Petrel, R. J. et al. (2015) Can a Sports Team-based Lifestyle Program (Hockey Fans In Training) Improve Weight In Overweight Men? In: American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1-4 June 2015,

2014

Hunt, K. et al. (2014) A gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for overweight and obese men delivered by Scottish Premier League football clubs (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 383(9924), pp. 1211-1221. (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62420-4)

Hunt, K. , Gray, C. M. , MacLean, A., Smillie, S., Bunn, C. and Wyke, S. (2014) Do weight management programmes delivered at professional football clubs attract and engage high risk men? A mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health, 14, p. 50. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-50) (PMID:24443845) (PMCID:PMC4028855)

MacLean, A., Hunt, K. , Gray, C. , Smillie, S. and Wyke, S. (2014) How do men’s female relatives feature in their accounts of changing eating practices during a weight-management programme delivered through professional football clubs? International Journal of Men's Health, 13(2), pp. 121-138.

2013

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Leishman, J., Dalgarno, L. and Wyke, S. (2013) Football fans in training: the development and optimization of an intervention delivered through professional sports clubs to help men lose weight, become more active and adopt healthier eating habits. BMC Public Health, 13(232), (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-232)

Hunt, K. , McCann, C., Gray, C.M. , Mutrie, N. and Wyke, S. (2013) "You've got to walk before you run". Positive evaluations of a walking programme as part of a gender sensitised weight management programme delivered to men through professional football clubs. Health Psychology, 32(1), pp. 57-65. (doi:10.1037/a0029537)

Gray, C.M. (2013) Discussing weight status with patients; words and context matter. Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal, 6(1), pp. 29-31. (doi:10.3132/pccj.2012.059)

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S. and Wyke, S. (2013) Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10(1), p. 121. (doi:10.1186/1479-5868-10-121)

2012

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S., Leishman, J. and Wyke, S. (2012) Can professional soccer clubs help male fans lose weight and become more physically active? Preliminary evidence from the Scottish Premier League. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15(6(Sup)), p. 367.

Gray, C.M. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Hunt, K. , Treweek, S. and Wyke, S. (2012) I Always Knew I had the Fitness in Me, It Was Just Getting it Oot was the Pain: Can Professional Football Clubs Help Fans Become More Active? In: ICSEMIS 2012, Glasgow, UK, 19-24 July 2012,

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Lorimer, K., Anderson, A.S., Benzeval, M. and Wyke, S. (2012) Words and context matter [Rapid Response]. British Medical Journal, 344(e1370),

McInnes, R. and Gray, C.M. (2012) Obese women and quality of life. In: Mahmood, T. and Arulkumaran, S. (eds.) Obesity: A Ticking Time Bomb for Reproductive Health. Elsevier. ISBN 9780124160453

Wyke, S., Hunt, K. and Gray, C. (2012) 11 PRT/8506: Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme delivered to men aged 35–65 years by Scottish Premier League football clubs (ISRCTN32677491) [protocol]. Other. Gray.

2011

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Lorimer, K., Anderson, A.S., Benzeval, M. and Wyke, S. (2011) Words matter: a qualitative investigation of which weight status terms are acceptable and motivate weight loss when used by health professionals. BMC Public Health, 11(513), pp. 1-9. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-513)

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S. and Wyke, S. (2011) Can the draw of professional football clubs help promote weight loss in overweight and obese men? A feasibility study of the Football Fans in Training programme delivered through the Scottish Premier League. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65, A37-A38. (doi:10.1136/jech.2011.143586.84)

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. and Wyke, S. (2011) Football Fans in Training (FFIT) Delivery 2 Spring 2011: Report on Observations at 9 Clubs. Project Report. University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

Gray, C.M. , Wyke, S., Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S. and Leishman, J. (2011) Football Fans in Training (FFIT) Delivery 1 Report. Project Report. University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

Lorimer, K., Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Wyke, S., Anderson, A.S. and Benzeval, M. (2011) Response to written feedback of clinical data within a longitudinal study: a qualitative study exploring the ethical implications. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(10), (doi:10.1186/1471-2288-11-10)

Watterson, A., Gray, C.M. , Doi, L., Jepson, R., Tyler, A., Mackison, D., Wakeford, T., Young, J. and Moffat, I. (2011) International Literature Review to Support the Development of a Health and Environmental Sustainability Framework for Food and Drink in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government Social Research.

2010

Murphy, J., Gray, C.M. , Cox, S., van Achterberg, T. and Wyke, S. (2010) The effectiveness of the Talking Mats framework in helping people with dementia to express their views on well-being. Dementia, 9(4), pp. 454-472. (doi:10.1177/1471301210381776)

Wyke, S., Hunt, K. , Anderson, A.S., Benzeval, M. and Gray, C.M. (2010) Response to Being Informed of Weight Status and Body Fat Composition: Understandings, Reactions and Motivations to Achieve a Healthy Weight. Project Report. Cancer Research UK. (Unpublished)

Smith, A., Roxburgh, M., James, B., Seonaid, M., Gray, C.M. , Parkes, T., Lauder, W., McCulloch, K. and Wilson, C. (2010) Developing Community Nursing Practice: Promoting Case Management and Skill Enhancement to Support Shifting the Balance of Care. Project Report. NHS Highland, Inverness, UK.

2009

Gray, C. , Anderson, A., Clarke, A., Dalziel, A., Hunt, K. , Leishman, J. and Wyke, S. (2009) Addressing male obesity: an evaluation of a group-based weight management intervention for Scottish men. Journal of Men's Health, 6(1), pp. 70-81. (doi:10.1016/j.jomh.2008.11.002)

Jepson, R. and Gray, C.M. (2009) Exploring Potential Approaches to Measuring Personal and Interpersonal Progress with Young People Referred to Includem. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health. (Unpublished)

2007

Murphy, J., Gray, C.M. and Cox, S. (2007) Communication and dementia: how talking mats can help people with dementia to express themselves. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Murphy, J., Gray, C. and Cox, S. (2007) The use of Talking Mats to improve communication and quality of care for people with dementia. Housing, Care and Support, 10(3), pp. 21-28. (doi:10.1108/14608790200700018)

Murphy, J., Gray, L. and Cox, S. (2007) Talking Mats: the effectiveness of a low technology communication framework to help people with dementia express their views. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 1(2), pp. 30-34. (doi:10.1108/17549450200700017)

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Articles

Zimmermann, M., Bunn, C. , Namadingo, H., Gray, C. M. and Lwanda, J. (2018) Experiences of type 2 diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review. Global Health Research and Policy, (Accepted for Publication)

Demou, E. , MacLean, A., Cheripelli, L. J., Hunt, K. and Gray, C. M. (2018) Group-based healthy lifestyle workplace interventions for shift-workers: a systematic review. Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, (Accepted for Publication)

Mwaniki, E. and Gray, C. M. (2018) Exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes: A cross-sectional study of primary school adolescents in Awendo Sub-County, Migori-Kenya. IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, 17(6), pp. 63-69.

Gray, C. , Colarte, E. and Young, C. (2018) Response to Cookstove trials and tribulations: what is needed to decrease the burden of household air pollution? Annals of the American Thoracic Society, (doi:10.1513/annalsats.201804-254le) (PMID:29767537) (Early Online Publication)

Palmer, V. J., Gray, C. M. , Fitzsimons, C. F., Mutrie, N., Wyke, S., Deary, I. J., Der, G. , Chastin, S. F.M. and Skelton, D. A. (2018) What do older people do when sitting and why? Implications for decreasing sedentary behaviour. Gerontologist, (doi:10.1093/geront/gny020) (PMID:29771308) (Early Online Publication)

Evans, J. M.M., Connelly, J., Jepson, R., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A. and Mackison, D. (2018) A physical activity intervention in a Bingo club: Significance of the setting. Health Education Journal, 77(3), pp. 377-384. (doi:10.1177/0017896917741150)

Gill, J. M.R. et al. (2018) Validation of a novel device to measure and provide feedback on sedentary behavior. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 50(3), pp. 525-532. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001458) (PMID:29040225) (PMCID:PMC5828381)

McCallum, C., Rooksby, J. and Gray, C. M. (2018) Evaluating the impact of physical activity apps and wearables: interdisciplinary review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(3), e58. (doi:10.2196/mhealth.9054) (PMID:29572200)

Gale, C. R. et al. (2018) The epigenetic clock and objectively measured sedentary and walking behavior in older adults: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936. Clinical Epigenetics, 10, 4. (doi:10.1186/s13148-017-0438-z) (PMID:29321814) (PMCID:PMC5759300)

Petrella, R. J. et al. (2017) Hockey fans in training: a pilot pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 49(12), pp. 2506-2516. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000001380) (PMID:28719494) (PMCID:PMC5704649)

Blunt, W. et al. (2017) Optimization of the Hockey Fans in Training (Hockey FIT) weight loss and healthy lifestyle program for male hockey fans. BMC Public Health, 17, 916. (doi:10.1186/s12889-017-4926-z) (PMID:29183291) (PMCID:PMC5706169)

Ryde, G. C., Gorely, T., Jepson, R., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., Williams, B., McMurdo, M. E.T. and Evans, J. M.M. (2017) How active are women who play bingo: a cross-sectional study from the Well!Bingo project. BMC Women's Health, 17, 57. (doi:10.1186/s12905-017-0405-z) (PMID:28754102) (PMCID:PMC5534081)

van de Glind, I. et al. (2017) The intervention process in the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) trial: a mixed method protocol for evaluation. Trials, 18, 356. (doi:10.1186/s13063-017-2095-0) (PMID:28750673) (PMCID:PMC5531072)

Martin, A. , Adams, J. M., Bunn, C. , Gill, J. M.R. , Gray, C. M. , Hunt, K. , Maxwell, D. J., van der Ploeg, H. P., Wyke, S. and Mutrie, N. (2017) Feasibility of a real-time self-monitoring device for sitting less and moving more: a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 3(1), e000285. (doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000285) (PMID:29081985) (PMCID:PMC5652617)

Bunn, C. , Wyke, S., Gray, C. M. , Maclean, A. and Hunt, K. (2016) 'Coz football is what we all have': masculinities, practice, performance and effervescence in a gender-sensitised weight-loss and healthy living programme for men. Sociology of Health and Illness, 38(5), pp. 812-828. (doi:10.1111/1467-9566.12402) (PMID:26864994) (PMCID:PMC4950300)

Currie, S., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A. and McInnes, R. J. (2016) Antenatal physical activity: a qualitative study exploring women's experiences and the acceptability of antenatal walking groups. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 16, 182. (doi:10.1186/s12884-016-0973-1) (PMID:27448657) (PMCID:PMC4957850)

van Nassau, F. et al. (2016) Study protocol of European Fans in Training (EuroFIT): a four-country randomised controlled trial of a lifestyle program for men delivered in elite football clubs. BMC Public Health, 16, 598. (doi:10.1186/s12889-016-3255-y) (PMID:27430332) (PMCID:PMC4950080)

Evans, J. M.M., Ryde, G., Jepson, R., Gray, C. , Shepherd, A., Mackison, D., Ireland, A. V., McMurdo, M. E.T. and Williams, B. (2016) Accessing and engaging women from socio-economically disadvantaged areas: a participatory approach to the design of a public health intervention for delivery in a Bingo club. BMC Public Health, 16, 345. (PMID:27090081) (PMCID:PMC4836085)

Estévez-López, F., Gray, C. M. , Segura-Jiménez, V., Soriano-Maldonado, A., Álvarez-Gallardo, I. C., Arrayás-Grajera, M. J., Carbonell-Baeza, A., Aparicio, V. A., Delgado-Fernández, M. and Pulido-Martos, M. (2015) Independent and combined association of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being with fibromyalgia severity: the al-Ándalus project. Quality of Life Research, 24(8), pp. 1865-1873. (doi:10.1007/s11136-015-0917-7) (PMID:25596699)

Martin, A. , Fitzsimons, C., Jepson, R., Saunders, D.H., van der Ploeg, H.P., Teixeira, P.J., Gray, C.M. and Mutrie, N. (2015) Interventions with potential to reduce sedentary time in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 49(16), pp. 1056-1063. (doi:10.1136/bjsports-2014-094524) (PMID:25907181)

Ross, R., Gray, C. M. and Gill, J. M.R. (2015) The effects of an injected placebo on endurance running performance. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(8), pp. 1672-1681. (doi:10.1249/MSS.0000000000000584) (PMID:25412293)

Straker, L. M., Fenner, A. A., Howie, E. K., Feltz, D. L., Gray, C. M. , Lu, A. S., Mueller, F. “F.”, Simons, M. and Barnett, L. M. (2015) Efficient and effective change principles in active videogames. Games for Health Journal, 4(1), pp. 43-52. (doi:10.1089/g4h.2014.0077)

Wyke, S. et al. (2015) Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a randomised controlled trial of a gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for men – end of study report. Public Health Research, 3(2), pp. 1-129. (doi:10.3310/phr03020) (PMID:25654156)

Hunt, K. et al. (2014) A gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for overweight and obese men delivered by Scottish Premier League football clubs (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 383(9924), pp. 1211-1221. (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)62420-4)

Hunt, K. , Gray, C. M. , MacLean, A., Smillie, S., Bunn, C. and Wyke, S. (2014) Do weight management programmes delivered at professional football clubs attract and engage high risk men? A mixed-methods study. BMC Public Health, 14, p. 50. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-50) (PMID:24443845) (PMCID:PMC4028855)

MacLean, A., Hunt, K. , Gray, C. , Smillie, S. and Wyke, S. (2014) How do men’s female relatives feature in their accounts of changing eating practices during a weight-management programme delivered through professional football clubs? International Journal of Men's Health, 13(2), pp. 121-138.

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Leishman, J., Dalgarno, L. and Wyke, S. (2013) Football fans in training: the development and optimization of an intervention delivered through professional sports clubs to help men lose weight, become more active and adopt healthier eating habits. BMC Public Health, 13(232), (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-232)

Hunt, K. , McCann, C., Gray, C.M. , Mutrie, N. and Wyke, S. (2013) "You've got to walk before you run". Positive evaluations of a walking programme as part of a gender sensitised weight management programme delivered to men through professional football clubs. Health Psychology, 32(1), pp. 57-65. (doi:10.1037/a0029537)

Gray, C.M. (2013) Discussing weight status with patients; words and context matter. Primary Care Cardiovascular Journal, 6(1), pp. 29-31. (doi:10.3132/pccj.2012.059)

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S. and Wyke, S. (2013) Weight management for overweight and obese men delivered through professional football clubs: a pilot randomized trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10(1), p. 121. (doi:10.1186/1479-5868-10-121)

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S., Leishman, J. and Wyke, S. (2012) Can professional soccer clubs help male fans lose weight and become more physically active? Preliminary evidence from the Scottish Premier League. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15(6(Sup)), p. 367.

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Lorimer, K., Anderson, A.S., Benzeval, M. and Wyke, S. (2012) Words and context matter [Rapid Response]. British Medical Journal, 344(e1370),

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Lorimer, K., Anderson, A.S., Benzeval, M. and Wyke, S. (2011) Words matter: a qualitative investigation of which weight status terms are acceptable and motivate weight loss when used by health professionals. BMC Public Health, 11(513), pp. 1-9. (doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-513)

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S. and Wyke, S. (2011) Can the draw of professional football clubs help promote weight loss in overweight and obese men? A feasibility study of the Football Fans in Training programme delivered through the Scottish Premier League. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 65, A37-A38. (doi:10.1136/jech.2011.143586.84)

Lorimer, K., Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. , Wyke, S., Anderson, A.S. and Benzeval, M. (2011) Response to written feedback of clinical data within a longitudinal study: a qualitative study exploring the ethical implications. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 11(10), (doi:10.1186/1471-2288-11-10)

Murphy, J., Gray, C.M. , Cox, S., van Achterberg, T. and Wyke, S. (2010) The effectiveness of the Talking Mats framework in helping people with dementia to express their views on well-being. Dementia, 9(4), pp. 454-472. (doi:10.1177/1471301210381776)

Gray, C. , Anderson, A., Clarke, A., Dalziel, A., Hunt, K. , Leishman, J. and Wyke, S. (2009) Addressing male obesity: an evaluation of a group-based weight management intervention for Scottish men. Journal of Men's Health, 6(1), pp. 70-81. (doi:10.1016/j.jomh.2008.11.002)

Murphy, J., Gray, C. and Cox, S. (2007) The use of Talking Mats to improve communication and quality of care for people with dementia. Housing, Care and Support, 10(3), pp. 21-28. (doi:10.1108/14608790200700018)

Murphy, J., Gray, L. and Cox, S. (2007) Talking Mats: the effectiveness of a low technology communication framework to help people with dementia express their views. Journal of Assistive Technologies, 1(2), pp. 30-34. (doi:10.1108/17549450200700017)

Book Sections

Hunt, K. , Wyke, S., Gray, C. , Bunn, C. and Singh, B. (2016) Football Fans in Training: a weight management and healthy living programme for men delivered via Scotland’s premier football clubs. In: Conrad, D. and White, A. (eds.) Sports-Based Health Interventions: Case Studies from Around the World. Springer: New York, NY, pp. 251-260. ISBN 9781461459958 (doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5996-5_20)

McInnes, R. and Gray, C.M. (2012) Obese women and quality of life. In: Mahmood, T. and Arulkumaran, S. (eds.) Obesity: A Ticking Time Bomb for Reproductive Health. Elsevier. ISBN 9780124160453

Research Reports or Papers

Wyke, S., Hunt, K. and Gray, C. (2012) 11 PRT/8506: Football Fans in Training (FFIT): a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of a gender-sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme delivered to men aged 35–65 years by Scottish Premier League football clubs (ISRCTN32677491) [protocol]. Other. Gray.

Gray, C.M. , Hunt, K. and Wyke, S. (2011) Football Fans in Training (FFIT) Delivery 2 Spring 2011: Report on Observations at 9 Clubs. Project Report. University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

Gray, C.M. , Wyke, S., Hunt, K. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Treweek, S. and Leishman, J. (2011) Football Fans in Training (FFIT) Delivery 1 Report. Project Report. University of Stirling, Stirling, UK.

Watterson, A., Gray, C.M. , Doi, L., Jepson, R., Tyler, A., Mackison, D., Wakeford, T., Young, J. and Moffat, I. (2011) International Literature Review to Support the Development of a Health and Environmental Sustainability Framework for Food and Drink in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Government Social Research.

Wyke, S., Hunt, K. , Anderson, A.S., Benzeval, M. and Gray, C.M. (2010) Response to Being Informed of Weight Status and Body Fat Composition: Understandings, Reactions and Motivations to Achieve a Healthy Weight. Project Report. Cancer Research UK. (Unpublished)

Smith, A., Roxburgh, M., James, B., Seonaid, M., Gray, C.M. , Parkes, T., Lauder, W., McCulloch, K. and Wilson, C. (2010) Developing Community Nursing Practice: Promoting Case Management and Skill Enhancement to Support Shifting the Balance of Care. Project Report. NHS Highland, Inverness, UK.

Jepson, R. and Gray, C.M. (2009) Exploring Potential Approaches to Measuring Personal and Interpersonal Progress with Young People Referred to Includem. Project Report. Glasgow Centre for Population Health. (Unpublished)

Murphy, J., Gray, C.M. and Cox, S. (2007) Communication and dementia: how talking mats can help people with dementia to express themselves. Project Report. Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Conference Proceedings

Rooksby, J., Asadzadeh, P., Morrison, A., McCallum, C., Gray, C. and Chalmers, M. (2016) Implementing Ethics for a Mobile App Deployment. In: OzCHI 2016, The 28th Australian Conference on Human Computer Interaction, Tasmania, Australia, 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2016, ISBN 9781450346184 (doi:10.1145/3010915.3010919)

Gill, D. P. et al. (2015) Impact of Hockey Fans in Training Program on Steps and Self-rated Health in Overweight Men. In: American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1-4 June 2015,

Petrel, R. J. et al. (2015) Can a Sports Team-based Lifestyle Program (Hockey Fans In Training) Improve Weight In Overweight Men? In: American College of Sports Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, 1-4 June 2015,

Gray, C.M. , Mutrie, N., Anderson, A.S., Hunt, K. , Treweek, S. and Wyke, S. (2012) I Always Knew I had the Fitness in Me, It Was Just Getting it Oot was the Pain: Can Professional Football Clubs Help Fans Become More Active? In: ICSEMIS 2012, Glasgow, UK, 19-24 July 2012,

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Portrait of Cindy Gray in the countryside

Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Room 230, 25-29 Bute Gardens, Glasgow