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Catherine Ann Staton

Professor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine

Research Interests


Global Health, Access to Acute and Emergency Care, Alcohol Harm Reduction, Implementation Science, Advanced Analytics

Selected Grants


Improving access to cancer care for children in Tanzania: Designing a health-systems intervention

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Fogarty International Center · 2022 - 2027

Capacity building for injury and trauma care implementation and data science research training

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · 2021 - 2026

Emergency physician ultrasound-guided nerve block training simulation assessment

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2025 - 2026

Understanding patient perspective in ED triage: Opportunities to reduce bias in intake psychiatric patients

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2023 - 2025

Supporting Families after Perinatal Loss in Tanzania

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Palliative Care Research Center · 2022 - 2024

Developing Capacity to Improve Care Transitions for Injury Patients in Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

Healthcare Access Barriers and an Evidence Based Solution in a Low-Income Country

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2019 - 2021

Social Determinants of Health and COVID-19 Infection in North Carolina: A Geospatial and Qualitative Analysis

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Emergency Medicine Foundation · 2020 - 2021

Prehospital Termination of Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2019 - 2020

Addressing High Risk Alcohol Use Amongst Injury Patients in an Emergency Department in Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020

RAMS ARMED Scholarship

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2018 - 2019

Challenges in Assessing and Treating Acute Pain in a Tanzanian Emergency Department

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Vanderbilt University · 2016 - 2017

Emergency Room Study on Alcohol & Injuries In Tanzania

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2013