Emma Stanton, B.M., MRCPsych, a 2010-11 Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice, is former clinical advisor to the Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health.  She is also a core member of the NHS Leadership Council.

Stanton is also recipient of the NHS London "Prepare to Lead" mentoring scheme and co-editor of Clinical Leadership: Bridging the Divide, a book written by "Prepare to Lead" 2008 participants from NHS London, as well as co-author of M.B.A. for Medics, published October 2010.

Previously, she served as clinical advisor to BUPA Health Dialog, Chief Medical Officer's Clinical Advisory Scheme, and was clinically trained at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Stanton holds an Executive M.B.A. from Imperial College, London, a MRCPsych from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and a bachelor of medicine from Southampton University.