"Long-Acting ART in the U.S. South: A Scalable Strategy to Close the Viral Suppression Gap" 

Speaker:

Jonathan Colasanti, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University

About Jonathan Colasanti:

Dr. Colasanti holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Virginia. He received his medical degree from the University of Miami, where he also completed residency training and earned a master's degree in public health. He then obtained advanced training through a fellowship in infectious diseases at Emory University.

His clinical and research interests focus on the delivery of HIV care to vulnerable populations, across the spectrum of the HIV care continuum. In his research, he seeks to bridge the implementation gap in order to improve the delivery of HIV care, by addressing sociobehavioral, biomedical, and systems-level barriers. In addition to his Atlanta-based work, he works with a Nicaraguan NGO that strives to improve the delivery of primary health care in Nicaragua through a community health worker model.