Catherine A. Staton, MD, MScGH, PhD

Catherine A. Staton, MD, MScGH, PhD, is professor of emergency and global health and vice chair for research strategy and faculty development at Duke University. She earned her medical degree from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, completed residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, and completed the Emory Global Health Fellowship.

Dr. Staton is the founding director of the Global Emergency Medicine Innovation and Implementation Research Center and teaches master's-level courses through the Duke Global Health Institute while continuing bedside teaching and patient care.

Her work as an implementation scientist focuses on culturally adapted interventions in low-resource settings to improve access to quality care, including alcohol harm reduction in Tanzania, injury transitions of care, older adult trauma, communication for cancer care through ePRO implementation, and climate-related disaster response.

Her portfolio includes substantial National Institutes of Health, Fogarty, PCORI, and foundation support. Also, including a strong emphasis on capacity building through global research training partnerships. Her honors include the 2020 SAEM Global Emergency Medicine Academy Global Health Endeavors Department Award, the Kathleen J. Clem Distinguished Faculty Award at Duke, and the 2023 Duke School of Medicine Early Career Mentoring Award in Clinical and Population Health Science.