Steven James Gray PhD

Dr. Steven Gray earned his Ph.D. in molecular biology from Vanderbilt University in 2006, after receiving a B.S. degree with honors from Auburn University. He performed a postdoctoral fellowship focusing on gene therapy in the laboratory of Jude Samulski at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW). Dr. Gray is the director of the UTSW Viral Vector Facility and maintains affiliations with the Departments of Molecular Biology, the Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, and the Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine at UTSW. His expertise is in AAV gene therapy vector engineering, specifically for gene delivery to the nervous system. His research focus includes the development of gene therapy treatments for Rett Syndrome, Giant Axonal Neuropathy, Tay-Sachs, Sandhoff, Krabbe, AGU, Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Batten, and Austin diseases.