Dr Diane Stockton is a Consultant in Public Health in Public Health Scotland.
Her national roles have included Director of Public Health Sciences in NHS Health Scotland, covering public health surveillance, evidence and evaluation aimed at improving health and reducing health inequalities, co-director (and co-founder) of the Scottish Public Health Observatory and principal investigator for the Scottish Burden of Disease Study. Earlier in her career she led the cancer surveillance team for Information Services (ISD) Scotland. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Diane led the Scottish public health response for children and young people (with a particular focus on education) and the national COVID-19 vaccine surveillance programme. She has a wide range of research interests, with around 100 scientific publications.
Diane is currently the Head of the Clinical, Health Intelligence and Research division in Public Health Scotland which provides scientific leadership around prevention, health improvement, healthcare public health and research.
She is also the Equity and Justice lead for Public Health Scotland, co-directing the Scottish Prevention Hub with Police Scotland and Edinburgh University, working to take whole-system public health approach focused on primary prevention for children and young people, to support the reduction of health and wellbeing inequalities in Scotland.
