Doctor's Bio
Dr. Brian Zanoni completed a combined residency in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. He then worked in Botswana and South Africa from 2006 to 2012 treating both adults and children living with HIV and tuberculosis, conducting pediatric HIV outcomes research, and training local staff in HIV management. While living in South Africa, he founded the Teen Clinic at Don McKenzie Hospital and the non-profit organization, Umndeni Care Program which focuses on in-home HIV and TB testing and linkage to care in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
He completed Infectious Disease and HIV fellowships at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Woman’s Hospital and earned an MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His research focuses on transition care for adolescents living with HIV in South Africa.
He is an Assistant Professor in Medicine and Pediatric Infectious Diseases at Emory University and is the deputy medical director of the Ponce Family and Youth Clinic. In addition to research, Dr. Zanoni sees adult and pediatric patients at the Ponce IDP Clinic and attends on the HIV inpatient service at Grady Memorial Hospital.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Ponce De Leon Center
Phone: (404) 616-2440
Location:
341 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Publications
- Lived experiences and coping mechanisms among children and adolescents living with HIV after HIV disclosure in Eastern Uganda.
Kirabira J, Akello N, Huang KY, Nakawuki M, Wakida E, Obua C, Ashaba S, Zanoni BC, Rukundo GZ
AIDS care. 2025;
PMID: 40691832 - Transition From Adolescent to Adult Care for Young People Living With HIV: A Systematic Review of Needs, Barriers, and Interventions.
Chew H, Ahonkhai A, Ivey C, Desai N, Zanoni B
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine. 2025;
PMID: 40608026 - WhatsApp-based sexual and reproductive health education for adolescents with perinatally acquired HIV: lessons learned from an mHealth pilot intervention in South Africa.
Bergam S, Sibaya T, Gethers CT, Ndlela N, Kuzwayo M, Marconi VC, Haberer JE, Archary M, Zanoni BC
Sex education. 2025;25(4):481-495.
PMID: 40546818 - Factor Structure, Reliability, and Validity of the 10-Item HIV Stigma Scale for Adolescents and Youth Living with HIV in Rural, Southwestern Uganda.
Ashaba S, Favina A, Baguma C, Tushemereirwe P, Nansera D, Comfort A, Perkins JM, Samuel M, Zanoni BC, Tsai AC
AIDS and behavior. 2025;
PMID: 40457090 - Healthcare workers' perspective about barriers and facilitators to pediatric HIV status disclosure in eastern Uganda using capability opportunity and motivation of behavior change model.
Kirabira J, Rukundo GZ, Zanoni BC, Obua C, Wakida E, Atala CE, Akello NE, Huang KY, Ashaba S
PLOS global public health. 2025;5(5):e0004662.
PMID: 40440251 - The Long-Term Health Outcomes of People Living with Perinatal Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Scoping Review.
Bergam S, Puetz W, Zanoni BC
Clinics in perinatology. 2024;51(4):849-864.
PMID: 39487024 - Building locally anchored implementation science capacity: the case of the adolescent HIV implementation science alliance-supported local iS alliances.
Vorkoper S, Agot K, Dow DE, Mbizvo M, Mugo C, Sam-Agudu NA, Semitala FC, Zanoni BC, Sturke R
Frontiers in health services. 2024;
PMID: 39469436 - Acceptability, feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of the mHealth intervention, InTSHA, on retention in care and viral suppression among adolescents with HIV in South Africa: a pilot randomized clinical trial.
Zanoni BC, Archary M, Sibaya T, Musinguzi N, Gethers CT, Goldstein M, Bergam S, Psaros C, Marconi VC, Haberer JE
AIDS care. 2024;36(7):983-992.
PMID: 38976571 - Access to and acceptability of sexual and reproductive health, harm reduction and other essential health services among people who inject drugs in Durban, South Africa.
Milford C, Cavanagh T, Bosman S, Wilson M, Smit J, Zanoni B
Harm reduction journal. 2024;21(1):123.
PMID: 38926755 - A qualitative analysis of self-management needs of adolescents and young adults living with perinatally acquired HIV in rural, southwestern Uganda.
Ashaba S, Baguma C, Tushemereirwe P, Nansera D, Maling S, Tsai AC, Zanoni BC
PLOS global public health. 2024;4(3):e0003037.
PMID: 38498515
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