Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.S., Duke University 2014
  • Clinical Instructor/Global Health Fellow, Emory University School of Medicine 2009 - 2011
  • Resident, Emergency Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine 2005 - 2009
  • M.D., University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 2005
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Instructor, Temporary in the Department of Surgery, Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Surgery 2011
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • JUN 27, 2018

    Duke Global Health Institute

    Road Traffic Injuries Are a Huge Global Problem, but Motorcyclists Can Help

  • OCT 27, 2017

    Duke Global Health Institute

    Duke Surgery On the Global Stage: Expanding Patient Care beyond the Triangle

  • FEB 17, 2014

    Road Traffic Injuries

  • FEB 14, 2014

    DGHI Highlights Road Traffic Injury in New Research Series
• Expertise
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  Global Scholarship

  • Research

    • Brazil (Country) 
    • Eritrea (Country) 
    • India (Country) 
    • Rwanda (Country) 
    • Sri Lanka (Country) 
    • United Republic of Tanzania (Country) 

  • Teaching

    • Brazil (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Developing Capacity to Improve Care Transitions for Injury Patients in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2020
  • Addressing High Risk Alcohol Use Amongst Injury Patients in an Emergency Department in Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2019
  • RAMS ARMED Scholarship awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2018 - 2019
  • Vanderbilt-Emory-Cornell-Duke Consortium for Global Health Fellows (VECDor) awarded by Vanderbilt University 2016 - 2017
  • Emergency Room Study on Alcohol & Injuries In Tanzania awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2013
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Journal Articles

    • De Silva, V, Tharindra, H, Vissoci, JRN, Andrade, L, Mallawaarachchi, BC, Østbye, T, and Staton, CA. "Road traffic crashes and built environment analysis of crash hotspots based on local police data in Galle, Sri Lanka." International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 25, no. 3 (September 2018): 311-318.  Full Text
    • Appenteng, R, Nelp, T, Abdelgadir, J, Weledji, N, Haglund, M, Smith, E, Obiga, O, Sakita, FM, Miguel, EA, Vissoci, CM, Rice, H, Nickenig Vissoci, JR, and Staton, C. "A systematic review and quality analysis of pediatric traumatic brain injury clinical practice guidelines." Plos One 13, no. 8 (August 1, 2018). (Review)  Full Text
    • Vissoci, JRN, Vaca, SD, El-Gabri, D, de Oliveira, LP, Mvungi, M, Mmbaga, BT, Haglund, M, and Staton, C. "Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric properties of the Kessler Scale of Psychological Distress to a traumatic brain injury population in Swahili and the Tanzanian Setting." Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 16, no. 1 (July 27, 2018): 147-null.  Full Text
    • Pinto, L, Lein, A, Mahoque, R, Wright, DW, Sasser, SM, and Staton, CA. "A cross-sectional exploratory study of knowledge, attitudes, and practices of emergency health care providers in the assessment of child maltreatment in Maputo, Mozambique." Bmc Emergency Medicine 18, no. 1 (May 9, 2018): 11-null.  Full Text
    • Vissoci, JRN, Rocha, TAH, Silva, NCD, de Sousa Queiroz, RC, Thomaz, EBAF, Amaral, PVM, Lein, A, Branco, MDRFC, Aquino, J, Rodrigues, ZMR, da Silva, AAM, and Staton, C. "Zika virus infection and microcephaly: Evidence regarding geospatial associations." Plos Neglected Tropical Diseases 12, no. 4 (April 25, 2018): e0006392-null.  Full Text
    • Staton, CA, Vissoci, JRN, Toomey, N, Abdelgadir, J, Chou, P, Haglund, M, Mmbaga, BT, Mvungi, M, and Swahn, M. "The impact of alcohol among injury patients in Moshi, Tanzania: a nested case-crossover study." Bmc Public Health 18, no. 1 (February 21, 2018): 275-null.  Full Text
    • Waldon, M, Ibingira, TJ, de Andrade, L, Mmbaga, BT, Vissoci, JRN, Mvungi, M, and Staton, CA. "Built environment analysis for road traffic hotspot locations in Moshi, Tanzania (Accepted)." International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion (February 1, 2018): 1-7.  Full Text
    • Staton, CA, Nickenig Vissoci, JR, Wojcik, R, Hirshon, JM, Mvungi, M, Mmbaga, BT, and Swahn, M. "Perceived barriers by healthcare providers for screening and management of excessive alcohol use in an emergency department of a low-income country." Alcohol (January 2018).  Full Text
    • Vissoci, JRN, Hertz, J, El-Gabri, D, Andrade Do Nascimento, JR, Pestillo De Oliveira, L, Mmbaga, BT, Mvungi, M, and Staton, CA. "Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Properties of the AUDIT and CAGE Questionnaires in Tanzanian Swahili for a Traumatic Brain Injury Population." Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) 53, no. 1 (January 2018): 112-120.  Full Text
    • Patel, A, Vissoci, JRN, Hocker, M, Molina, E, Gil, NM, and Staton, C. "Qualitative evaluation of trauma delays in road traffic injury patients in Maringá, Brazil." BMC health services research 17, no. 1 (December 2, 2017): 804-.  Full Text
    • Rocha, TAH, Thomaz, EBAF, da Silva, NC, de Sousa Queiroz, RC, de Souza, MR, Barbosa, ACQ, Thumé, E, Rocha, JVM, Alvares, V, de Almeida, DG, Vissoci, JRN, Staton, CA, and Facchini, LA. "Oral primary care: an analysis of its impact on the incidence and mortality rates of oral cancer." BMC Cancer 17, no. 1 (December 2017).  Full Text
    • Rocha, TAH, da Silva, NC, Amaral, PV, Barbosa, ACQ, Rocha, JVM, Alvares, V, de Almeida, DG, Thumé, E, Thomaz, EBAF, de Sousa Queiroz, RC, de Souza, MR, Lein, A, Lopes, DP, Staton, CA, Vissoci, JRN, and Facchini, LA. "Addressing geographic access barriers to emergency care services: a national ecologic study of hospitals in Brazil." International Journal for Equity in Health 16, no. 1 (December 2017).  Full Text
    • Rocha, TAH, da Silva, NC, Amaral, PV, Barbosa, ACQ, Rocha, JVM, Alvares, V, de Almeida, DG, Thumé, E, Thomaz, EBAF, de Sousa Queiroz, RC, de Souza, MR, Lein, A, Toomey, N, Staton, CA, Vissoci, JRN, and Facchini, LA. "Access to emergency care services: a transversal ecological study about Brazilian emergency health care network." Public health 153 (December 2017): 9-15.  Full Text
    • Galson, SW, Staton, CA, Karia, F, Kilonzo, K, Lunyera, J, Patel, UD, Hertz, JT, and Stanifer, JW. "Epidemiology of hypertension in Northern Tanzania: a community-based mixed-methods study." BMJ open 7, no. 11 (November 9, 2017): e018829-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Krebs, E, Gerardo, CJ, Park, LP, Nickenig Vissoci, JR, Byiringiro, JC, Byiringiro, F, Rulisa, S, Thielman, NM, and Staton, CA. "Erratum to "Mortality-Associated Characteristics of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda" [World Neurosurgery 102 (2017) 571-582]." World neurosurgery 106 (October 2017): 1047-.  Full Text
    • Vissoci, JRN, Shogilev, DJ, Krebs, E, Andrade, LD, Vieira, IF, Toomey, N, Portero Batilana, A, Haglund, M, and Staton, CA. "Road traffic injury in sub-Saharan African countries: A systematic review and summary of observational studies." Traffic injury prevention 18, no. 7 (October 2017): 767-773. (Review)  Full Text
    • Swahn, MH, Culbreth, RE, Staton, CA, Self-Brown, SR, and Kasirye, R. "Alcohol-related physical abuse of children in the slums of Kampala, Uganda." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 10 (September 26, 2017).  Full Text
    • Swahn, MH, Culbreth, RE, Staton, CA, Self-Brown, SR, and Kasirye, R. "Alcohol-Related Physical Abuse of Children in the Slums of Kampala, Uganda." International journal of environmental research and public health 14, no. 10 (September 26, 2017).  Full Text
    • Swahn, MH, Culbreth, R, Staton, CA, and Kasirye, R. "Psychosocial health concerns among service-seeking orphans in the slums of Kampala." Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies 12, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 258-263.  Full Text
    • Reardon, JM, Andrade, L, Hertz, J, Kiwango, G, Teu, A, Pesambili, M, El-Gabri, D, Hocker, M, Mvungi, M, Vissoci, JRN, and Staton, CA. "The epidemiology and hotspots of road traffic injuries in Moshi, Tanzania: An observational study." Injury 48, no. 7 (July 2017): 1363-1370.  Full Text
    • Abdelgadir, J, Smith, ER, Punchak, M, Vissoci, JR, Staton, C, Muhindo, A, Kitya, D, Park, LP, and Haglund, MM. "Epidemiology and Characteristics of Neurosurgical Conditions at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital." World Neurosurgery 102 (June 2017): 526-532.  Full Text
    • Krebs, E, Gerardo, CJ, Park, LP, Nickenig Vissoci, JR, Byiringiro, JC, Byiringiro, F, Rulisa, S, Thielman, NM, and Staton, CA. "Mortality-Associated Characteristics of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury at the University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, Rwanda." World neurosurgery 102 (June 2017): 571-582.  Full Text
    • Rocha, TAH, Silva, NCD, Thomaz, EBAF, Queiroz, RCDS, Souza, MRD, Lein, A, Rocha, JVM, Alvares, V, Almeida, DGD, Barbosa, ACQ, Thumé, E, Staton, C, Vissoci, JRN, and Facchini, LA. "Primary Health Care and Cervical Cancer Mortality Rates in Brazil: A Longitudinal Ecological Study." The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 40 Suppl 2 Supplement, The Brazilian National Program f (April 2017): S24-S34.  Full Text
    • Staton, CA, Msilanga, D, Kiwango, G, Vissoci, JR, de Andrade, L, Lester, R, Hocker, M, Gerardo, CJ, and Mvungi, M. "A prospective registry evaluating the epidemiology and clinical care of traumatic brain injury patients presenting to a regional referral hospital in Moshi, Tanzania: challenges and the way forward." International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion 24, no. 1 (March 2017): 69-77.  Full Text
    • Farber, SH, Vissoci, JRN, Tran, TM, Fuller, AT, Butler, EK, Andrade, L, Staton, C, Makumbi, F, Luboga, S, Muhumuza, C, Namanya, DB, Chipman, JG, Galukande, M, and Haglund, MM. "Geospatial Analysis of Unmet Surgical Need in Uganda: An Analysis of SOSAS Survey Data." World journal of surgery 41, no. 2 (February 2017): 353-363.  Full Text
    • Meier, B, and Staton, C. "Sepsis Resuscitation in Resource-Limited Settings." Emergency medicine clinics of North America 35, no. 1 (February 2017): 159-173. (Review)  Full Text
    • Kuo, BJ, Vaca, SD, Vissoci, JRN, Staton, CA, Xu, L, Muhumuza, M, Ssenyonjo, H, Mukasa, J, Kiryabwire, J, Nanjula, L, Muhumuza, C, Rice, HE, Grant, GA, and Haglund, MM. "A prospective neurosurgical registry evaluating the clinical care of traumatic brain injury patients presenting to Mulago National Referral Hospital in Uganda." PloS one 12, no. 10 (January 2017): e0182285-.  Full Text
    • Dezman, Z, de Andrade, L, Vissoci, JR, El-Gabri, D, Johnson, A, Hirshon, JM, and Staton, CA. "Hotspots and causes of motor vehicle crashes in Baltimore, Maryland: A geospatial analysis of five years of police crash and census data." Injury 47, no. 11 (November 2016): 2450-2458.  Full Text
    • Stankevitz, K, Staton, C, Schoenfisch, A, de Silva, V, Tharindra, H, Stroo, M, and Ostbye, T. "Prevalence of occupational injury and its contributing factors among rubber tappers in Galle, Sri Lanka." International journal of occupational and environmental health 22, no. 4 (October 27, 2016): 333-340.  Full Text
    • Patel, A, Krebs, E, Andrade, L, Rulisa, S, Vissoci, JRN, and Staton, CA. "The epidemiology of road traffic injury hotspots in Kigali, Rwanda from police data." Bmc Public Health 16 (August 2, 2016): 697-null.  Full Text
    • Reardon, JM, Harmon, KJ, Schult, GC, Staton, CA, and Waller, AE. "Use of diagnosis codes for detection of clinically significant opioid poisoning in the emergency department: A retrospective analysis of a surveillance case definition." BMC emergency medicine 16 (February 8, 2016): 11-.  Full Text
    • Staton, CA, De Silva, V, Krebs, E, Andrade, L, Rulisa, S, Mallawaarachchi, BC, Jin, K, RicardoVissoci, J, and Østbye, T. "High road utilizers surveys compared to police data for road traffic crash hotspot localization in Rwanda and Sri Lanka." BMC public health 16 (January 20, 2016): 53-.  Full Text
    • Staton, C, Vissoci, J, Gong, E, Toomey, N, Wafula, R, Abdelgadir, J, Zhao, Y, Liu, C, Pei, F, Zick, B, Ratliff, CD, Rotich, C, Jadue, N, de Andrade, L, von Isenburg, M, and Hocker, M. "Road Traffic Injury Prevention Initiatives: A Systematic Review and Metasummary of Effectiveness in Low and Middle Income Countries." Plos One 11, no. 1 (January 6, 2016): e0144971-null. (Review)  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Patel, A, Vieira, MMC, Abraham, J, Reid, N, Tran, T, Tomecsek, K, Vissoci, JRN, Eucker, S, Gerardo, CJ, and Staton, CA. "Quality of the Development of Traumatic Brain Injury Clinical Practice Guidelines: A Systematic Review." Plos One 11, no. 9 (January 2016): e0161554-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Staton, C, Vissoci, J, Gong, E, Toomey, N, Wafula, R, Abdelgadir, J, Zhao, Y, Liu, C, Pei, F, Zick, B, Ratliff, CD, Rotich, C, Jadue, N, de Andrade, L, von Isenburg, M, and Hocker, M. "Correction: Road Traffic Injury Prevention Initiatives: A Systematic Review and Metasummary of Effectiveness in Low and Middle Income Countries." Plos One 11, no. 2 (January 2016): e0150150-null.  Full Text
    • Wijeratne, MP, Seneviratne, R, Gunawardena, N, Østbye, T, and Lynch, C. "Descriptive study of the psychosocial and physical environments of school in relation to violence among adolescents in the Gampaha District of Sri Lanka." Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health 44, no. 3 (September 12, 2015): 138-138.  Full Text
    • Sumner, SA, Pallangyo, AJ, Reddy, EA, Maro, V, Pence, BW, Lynch, C, Turner, EL, Egger, JR, and Thielman, NM. "Effect of free distribution of safety equipment on usage among motorcycle-taxi drivers in Tanzania--A cluster randomised controlled trial." Injury 45, no. 11 (November 2014): 1681-1686.  Full Text
    • Wijeratne, MP, Seneviratne, R, Gunawardena, N, Lynch, C, Sandøy, IF, and Ostbye, T. "Correlates of Peer Violence Among 13- to 15-Year-Olds in Gampaha District Schools in Sri Lanka." Sage Open 4, no. 3 (August 12, 2014): 215824401455061-215824401455061.  Full Text
    • de Andrade, L, Vissoci, JRN, Rodrigues, CG, Finato, K, Carvalho, E, Pietrobon, R, de Souza, EM, Nihei, OK, Lynch, C, and de Barros Carvalho, MD. "Brazilian road traffic fatalities: a spatial and environmental analysis." PloS one 9, no. 1 (January 30, 2014): e87244-.  Full Text  Open Access Copy
    • Hertz, JT, Reardon, JM, Rodrigues, CG, de Andrade, L, Limkakeng, AT, Bloomfield, GS, and Lynch, CA. "Acute myocardial infarction in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for data." Plos One 9, no. 5 (January 2014): e96688-null. (Review)  Full Text
    • Wijeratne, M, Seneviratne, R, Gunawardena, N, Østbye, T, Lynch, C, and Sandøy, IF. "Development of the Sri Lankan early teenagers' violence inventory: an instrument to measure peer violence in schools." BioMed research international 2014 (January 2014): 563143-.  Full Text
    • de Andrade, L, Lynch, C, Carvalho, E, Rodrigues, CG, Vissoci, JRN, Passos, GF, Pietrobon, R, Nihei, OK, and de Barros Carvalho, MD. "System dynamics modeling in the evaluation of delays of care in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients within a tiered health system." PLoS ONE 9, no. 7 (January 2014): e103577-.  Full Text
    • Vu, A, Duber, HC, Sasser, SM, Hansoti, B, Lynch, C, Khan, A, Johnson, T, Modi, P, Clattenburg, EJ, and Hargarten, S. "Emergency care research funding in the global health context: trends, priorities, and future directions." Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 20, no. 12 (December 2013): 1259-1263.  Full Text
    • Dai, D, Zhang, Y, Lynch, CA, Miller, T, and Shakir, M. "Childhood drowning in Georgia: A geographic information system analysis." APPLIED GEOGRAPHY 37 (February 2013): 11-22.  Full Text  Link to Item
    • Asonganyi, E, Vaghasia, M, Rodrigues, C, Phadtare, A, Ford, A, Pietrobon, R, Atashili, J, and Lynch, C. "Factors Affecting Compliance with Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pap Smear Screening among Healthcare Providers in Africa: Systematic Review and Meta-Summary of 2045 Individuals." PLoS ONE 8, no. 9 (2013).  Full Text
    • Periyasamy, N, Lynch, CA, Dharmaratne, SD, Nugegoda, D, and Ostbye, T. "Under reporting of road traffic injuries in the district of Kandy, Sri Lanka." Bmj Open 3, no. 11 (January 2013): e003640-null.  Full Text
    • Woo, JS, Kapadia, N, Phanco, SE, and Lynch, CA. "Positive Outcome After Intentional Overdose of Dabigatran." Journal of Medical Toxicology 9, no. 2 (2013): 192-195.  Full Text
    • Dodge, KL, Lynch, CA, Moore, CL, Biroscak, BJ, and Evans, LV. "Use of ultrasound guidance improves central venous catheter insertion success rates among junior residents." Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine : Official Journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine 31, no. 10 (October 2012): 1519-1526.  Full Text
    • Swahn, MH, Gressard, L, Palmier, JB, Kasirye, R, Lynch, C, and Yao, H. "Serious violence victimization and perpetration among youth living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 13, no. 3 (2012): 253-259.  Full Text
    • DeMers, G, Lynch, C, and Vilke, G. "Retail Store-Related Traumatic Injuries in Paediatric and Elderly Populations." Journal of Paramedic Practice 3, no. 11 (November 4, 2011): 632-336.  Full Text
    • Jethá, EAR, Lynch, CA, Houry, D, Rodrigues, MA, Keyes, CE, Chilundo, B, Wright, DW, and Sasser, SM. "Treatment, services and follow-up for victims of family violence in health clinics in Maputo, Mozambique." Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 12, no. 3 (2011): 348-353.
    • Jethá, EAR, Lynch, CA, Houry, DE, Rodrigues, MA, Chilundo, B, Sasser, SM, and Wright, DW. "Characteristic of victims of family violence seeking care at health centers in Maputo, Mozambique." Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock 4, no. 3 (2011): 369-373.  Full Text
    • Lynch, CA, Houry, DE, Dai, D, and Wright, DW. "Evidence-based community consultation for traumatic brain injury." Academic Emergency Medicine 18, no. 9 (2011): 972-976.  Full Text
    • Lynch, CA, Murano, T, Mohr, AM, Lavery, RF, Homnick, AT, and Livingston, DH. "Civilian craniocerebral gunshot wounds: an update in predicting outcomes." American Surgeon 71, no. 12: 1009-1014.
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • GLHLTH 791: Independent Study in Global Health 2018
  • GLHLTH 395: Connections in Global Health: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2017
  • GLHLTH 773: Deconstructing Global Injury Control and Prevention through Systematic Review Methods 2017
  • GLHLTH 795: Connections in Global Health: Interdisciplinary Team Projects 2017
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Outreach & Engaged Scholarship

  • Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Global Alliance on Disability and Health Innovation (GANDHI). August 2016 - May 2017  2016 - 2017
  • Global Health Outreach. Developing a Brief Negotiational Intervention for Alcohol in Moshi, Tanzania. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center . September 2015  2015
  • Duke Global Health Outreach. Validation of High Road Utilizer Surveys as a Source for Vulnerable Road User Road Traffic Crash Hotspot Localization. June 2013  2013

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