Kelli G. Williams Gary, PhD, MPH, OTR/L (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor; Occupational Therapist
Virginia Commonwealth University

Kelli Williams Gary, Ph.D., MPH, OTR/L, is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling at Virginia Commonwealth University. Additionally, she is a licensed adult occupational therapist (OT) with 29 years of clinical experience in the Veteran’s Administration, academic medical centers, freestanding rehabilitation centers, and skilled nursing facilities. Dr. Gary has authored/coauthored 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and five book chapters primarily focused on her areas of research interest of racial and ethnic disparities in community and health services outcomes for traumatic brain injury and other disabilities. She has served as a principal investigator (PI) and co-PI of federal and state grant projects related to racial and ethnic disparities, cultural intervention development, and research training. She is on the leadership team of the VCU Institute of Inclusion, Inquiry, and Innovation (iCubed) Culture, Race, and Health Transdisciplinary Core to design community-engaged research about health disparities in the Crater Health District. As a strong advocate for people with TBI and other disabling conditions, Dr. Gary served as an appointee on the Secretary of Veterans Affairs Federal Advisory Committee on Prosthetics and Special-Disabilities Programs (2013-2020), and board of directors for the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV; 2014-2021).

Poster(s):

• Multivariate Prediction of 5-year Trajectories of Suicidal Ideation and Attempts in Veterans and Service Members with TBI: A U.S. Veterans Affairs Model Systems Study
  Saturday, November 2, 2024

  9:30 AM – 9:45 AM  

• Participation, Life Satisfaction, and Psychosocial Health Dissociate with Level of Disability: A Traumatic Brain Injury Model System Study
  Friday, November 1, 2024

  3:30 PM – 3:45 PM