Dr. Staton is the Catherine Wilfert Distinguished Professor of Emergency Medicine with secondary appointments in Neurosurgery, Population Health and Global Health at Duke University. She serves as a Vice Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine and the founder and Director of the Duke GEMINI (Global Emergency Medicine Innovation and Implementation) Research Center. Her research has focused on using innovative methods, multi-disciplinary teams and implementation science to create, implement and evaluate cost effective, evidence-based solutions to improve acute care globally. She is an NIH funded implementation scientist, with nearly 15 years of continuous NIH and foundation funding, has mentored over 250 global and local learners and has published over 200 peer reviewed manuscripts. Dr. Staton excels in strategic development, and management of multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams to tackle complex barriers to accessing quality acute care.