Noah Mancuso (he/him) is a PhD student and Laney Graduate School Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at Emory University.
His research centers on infectious diseases and the health and well-being of sexual and gender minorities. More specifically, Noah is interested in addressing disparities in HIV prevention, HIV treatment, and general sexual health using an intersectional and interdisciplinary lens. He has a strong background in both quantitative and qualitative research with a growing interest in implementation science, mHealth, and geospatial analyses.
Prior to starting his PhD, Noah recieved a BA in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and in Global Health from Duke University via the Robertson Scholars Leaderhsip Program. After gradaution, Noah worked in Malawi with the Ministry of Health on several HIV network trials before joining RTI International in the Women's Global Health Imperative where his research continues to focus on HIV in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. He recently graduated from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health with an MSPH in Global Epidemiology and a Certifice in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. During his time at Rollins, Noah worked as a Global Epidemiology and Surveilance Fellow with the CDC helping conduct and analyze national biobehaviorial surveys among sex workers, MSM, and TGW in Uganda and conducted research on cervical cancer co-occurence among women living with HIV in Kenya. He recently founded the Queer Health Collaborative (QHC), a health consulting company focused on the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people in research and improving the quality of health for queer people everywhere.
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Areas of Interest
- HIV/AIDS Prevention
- Infectious Disease
- LGBTI Health
- Sexual Health/Behavior
- Social Determinants of Health
- Social Epidemiology
Education
- MSPH 2023, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
- BA 2019, Duke University
- BA 2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Affiliations & Activities
- Society for Epidemiologic Research, Student Member
- American Public Health Association, Student Assembly Member
- Triangle Global Health Consortium, Member
- Point Foundation, Flagship Scholar
Publications
- Makoni, w., Lorenzetti, L., Mancuso, N., Luecke, E., Dinh, N., Deshpande, A.S., Shoen, M., Nhamo, D., Simmonds, F.M., Baez, A., Palanee-Phillips, T., Minnis, A.M., 2024, HIV Prevention Product Acceptability and Preference Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa to Inform Novel Biomedical Options in Development: A Systematic Review, AIDS and Behavior, 5,
- Uhrig Castonguay, B.J., Mancuso, N., Hatcher, S., Watson, S., Okumu, E., Abbott, R., Golin, C.E., Mobley, V., Samoff, E., Swygard, H., McNeil, C.J., Gay, C.L., 2024, Provider Perspectives on Rapid Treatment Initiation Among People Newly Diagnosed With HIV: A New Message of "Urgency"?, Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care, ,
- Stoner, M.C.D., Smith, L., Ming, K., Mancuso, N., Patani, H., Sukhija-Cohen, A., Granados, Y., Wagner, D., Johnson, M.O., Napierala, S., Neilands, T.B., Saberi, P., 2024, Results from a pilot study of an automated directly observed therapy intervention using artificial intelligence with conditional economic incentives among young adults with HIV, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, ,
- Young, A., Mancuso, N., Garcia, M., Ngure, K., Tenza, S., Chitukuta, M., Soto-Torres, L., Szydlo, D., Kemigisha, D., Atujuna, M., van der Straten, A., & Roberts, S. , 2023, Adolescent Girls and Young Women’s Experiences with Disclosing Oral PrEP or Dapivirine Vaginal Ring Use: a Multi-Country Qualitative Analysis, AIDS and Behavior, 27, 3941-3951
- Mancuso, N., Mansergh, G., Stephenson, R., Horvath, K., Hirshfield, S., Bauermeister, J., Chiasson, M.A., Downing, M., Sullivan, P., 2023, Factors associated with mobile app-based ordering of HIV self-test kits among men who have sex with men, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 26, e26100
- Roberts, S.T., Mancuso, N., Williams, K., Nabunya, H.K., Mposula, H., Mugocha, C., Mvinjelwa, P., Garcia, M., Szydlo, D.W., Soto-Torres, L., Ngure, K., Hosek, S., 2023, How a menu of adherence support strategies facilitated high adherence to HIV prevention products among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed methods analysis, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 26, e26189
- Mancuso, N., Mathebula, F., Chitukuta, M., Matambanadzo, K.V., Tenza, S., Reddy, K., Nobula, L., Kemigisha, D., Stoner, M.C.D., 2023, The impact of COVID-19 on sexual behavior, HIV prevention interest, general healthcare access, and other HIV risk factors among trial participants in Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe, Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 6,
- Mancuso, N., Schalkoff, C., Castonguay, B. U., McNeil, C., Gay, C., & Swygard, H., 2020, Rapid HIV treatment initiation in the rural and semi-rural US: North Carolina piloting a model, Wake Forest Journal of Science and Medicine, , 1-3