Paul Bray, MA, LMFT
Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine
East Carolina University Project Coordinator-ECARE
Coordinator Group Diabetes Program
University Health Systems-Bertie Memorial Hospital
PO Box 40, 1403 South King Street
Windsor, NC 27983
work e-mail pbray@pcmh.com
cell phone 252-717-4402
home e-mail mainefarm@earthlink.net

Disclosures: none

Doyle M. "Skip" Cummings, Pharm.D., FCP, FCCP
Berbecker Distinguished Professor of Rural Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine and Pediatrics, ECU
Adjunct Professor of Health Education/Promotion, ECU
Research Professor of Pharmacy, UNC-CH
Director, Research Division, Family Medicine, ECU
Associate Director for Research, Pediatric Healthy Wt. Center, ECU
Co-Director, Office of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Education, ECU
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
600 Moye Blvd., Lakeside Annex # 5
Greenville, NC 27834
252-744-2607
252-744-3079 (fax)
cummingsd@mail.ecu.edu
Disclosures: none

BIOGRAPHY OF PAUL BRAY

In 1997, Mr. Bray joined East Carolina University, University Health Services where he participated in the management of low-income rural primary care practices in eastern North Carolina. He currently is Assistant Research Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Coordinator of the Regional Group Diabetes Project. In partnership with ECU and UHS, and following The Chronic Care Plan, he implemented a chronic disease practice design focusing on diabetes. This design was informed by the participation as a team leader in 5 Collaboratives and as a faculty member in 3 Collaboratives. Mr. Bray currently is the Primary Investigator of a Robert Wood Johnson funded health disparities research project, "Redesigning Diabetes Care in Rural Fee-for-Service Practices."

In 2002, with the assistance of The Duke Endowment, he led a project to convert rural clinic sites to electronic clinical documentation. This system included an innovation diabetes reminder system that complies with Center For Disease standards. He has two publications that document this model of chronic disease care and use of electronic medical records. He is a faculty member for the North Carolina Chronic Disease Collaborative, where he presents curriculum that address "Organizing Senior Health Care Leadership: The Key to Sustaining Improved Clinical Outcomes."

Mr. Bray was the recipient of the 2005 Transformational Change Leadership Award presented at the September, 2005 Snyder Healthcare Leadership Conference by the Medical Review of North Carolina at Pinehurst, NC. The award was for "outstanding accomplishments in ambulatory chronic disease-diabetes program management."

Mr. Bray has been asked by the Department of Family Medicine to coordinate the design and implementation of a Practice-Based Research Network serving community clinics in eastern North Carolina. His work on identifying the critical tasks that sustain quality improvement initiatives are key research questions investigated by the new PBRN.

Mr. Paul Bray attended Southern Illinois University where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology in 1970 and Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling in 1972. He received advance training in Family & Marriage Therapy from Northwestern University, The Center for Family Studies, in 1972. Mr. Bray founded and was the first Executive Director of Circle Family Care, a 330 funded Community Health Center serving primarily African -American families on Chicago's west side. Mr. Bray directed the agency's growth from a small practice to a major health care service for low-income minorities. Mr. Bray is a licensed Marrage and Family Therapist.



BIOGRAPHY OF DOYLE "SKIP" CUMMINGS

Dr. Cummings is currently the Berbecker Distinguished Professor of Rural Medicine, a full professor in both Family Medicine and Pediatrics and an Adjunct Professor of Health Education and Promotion at East Carolina University as well as on the faculties of the UNC - Chapel Hill and the Eastern Area Health Education Center. He completed his doctoral degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science and has completed additional coursework in epidemiology and biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. He currently serves as Director of the Research Division in Family Medicine, as Associate Director for Research at ECU's Pediatric Healthy Weight Research and Treatment Center, as well as co-director for the Eastern Carolina Association for Research and Education (E-CARE). Dr. Cummings has been actively involved in primary care research for a number of years with a particular interest in obesity and diabetes research. Dr. Cummings has authored or co-authored 85 publications and more than 135 regional, national or international presentations, and has received grant funding from federal and state governments as well as foundations.