Overview
Catherine Staton MD MSc
Dr. Staton is a Professor in Emergency Medicine (EM), Neurosurgery & Global Health with tenure at Duke University. She is the Director of the GEMINI (Global EM Innovation & Implementation) Research Center and the EM Vice Chair of Research Strategy & Faculty Development. Her research integrates innovative implementation methods into health systems globally to improve access to acute care. In 2012, with an injury registry at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center, Tanzania Dr. Staton demonstrated 30% of injury patients had at risk alcohol use, providing preliminary data for a K01/Career Development Award. Her K01 award adapted a brief alcohol intervention to the KCMC ED and Swahili. This intervention has been proven to reduce 26 binge drinking events per year compared to usual care, and the team is now planning for regional implementation. Dr. Staton and her mentor and collaborator Dr. Mmbaga are co-PD of the “The TReCK Program: Trauma Research Capacity Building in Kilimanjaro” to train 12 masters and doctoral learners to conduct innovative implementation and data science projects to improve care for injury patients. Currently, Dr. Staton and GEMINI partners with over a dozen faculty from over 6 low- and middle-income countries to conduct research, has mentored over 150 learners from undergraduate to post-doctoral levels from high, middle and low- income settings and has over 160 manuscripts.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Preliminary Assessment of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms Among Emergency Medicine Physicians During the COVID-19 Outbreak.
Journal Article J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open · June 2025 OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant increases in work-related emotional stress and emergency department (ED) volumes. Our study aimed to provide a preliminary assessment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms among emergency ... Full text Link to item CiteEstablishing Core Elements for a Prehospital Emergency Care Systems Evaluation Tool (PECSET) for Systems in Early Stages of Development: A Delphi Consensus.
Journal Article Prehosp Emerg Care · January 13, 2025 OBJECTIVES: International Prehospital Emergency Care (PEC) standards have been primarily developed by and for high resource settings. Most PEC systems in Asia, which are still in the early stages of development, struggle to achieve these standards. There i ... Full text Link to item CiteUsing the ADAPT guidance to culturally adapt a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use among injury patients in Tanzania.
Journal Article PLOS Glob Public Health · 2025 Harmful alcohol use is a leading risk factor for injury-related death and disability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Brief negotiational interventions (BNIs) in emergency departments (EDs) effectively reduce alcohol intake and re-injury rates. ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
PRICE- Alcohol: Planning the Regional Implementation of a Culturally Adapted Brief Intervention for Alcohol for Tanzanian Emergency Departments
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2027Improving access to cancer care for children in Tanzania: Designing a health-systems intervention
ResearchMentor · Awarded by Fogarty International Center · 2022 - 2027Emergency physician ultrasound-guided nerve block training simulation assessment
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025 - 2026View All Grants