Jamie P. Morano, MD, MPH, FACP

Associate Professor, Morsani College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine

Associate Professor, USF College of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management

Medical Director, Disease Control

Director, Infectious Disease Telehealth Program

Project Lead, HIV Telehealth Promising Practices Program

Member, HIV Technical Advisory Group, HIV, Hepatitis, and Related Conditions Program

Contact Info

• Division of Infectious Disease
  1 Tampa General Circle
  Tampa FL 33606
• Academic Email: jmorano@usf.edu
• Academic Phone: (813) 844-8297
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Education

Academic Philosophy

Interdisciplinary and Emerging Signature Programs

• Allergy, Immunology & Infectious Disease

Research Interests

• Dr. Morano works with improving testing and treatment algorithms for HIV and Hepatitis C and understanding mechanisms to prevent transformation to malignancy within viral infections in both Florida and China.

Awards/Honors

• Site Innovation Award (National VA Research - 2019)
• International Medicine Sustainable Scholar Award (The Patel College of Global Sustainability & International Health at USF - 2013)

Memberships

• Member (HIV Medical Association, 2013 - Present)
• Member (Florida Infectious Disease Society, 2013 - Present)
• Member (International AIDS Society USF (IAS-USA), 2010 - Present)
• Member (Infectious Disease Society of America, 2008 - Present)
• Member (American Medical Association, 2007 - Present)
• Legistlative Action Committee (American College of Physicians, 2006 - Present)
• Lifetime Member (International Fulbright Association, 1998 - Present)

Recent Publications

• Algarin AB Sheehan DM Varas-Diaz N Fennie KP Zhou Z Spencer EC Cook RL Morano JP Ibanez G. Health Care-Specific Enacted HIV-Related Stigma''s Association with Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence and Viral Suppression Among People Living with HIV in Florida. AIDS Patient Care STDS.. 34(7) , 2020.
• Ibañez GE Zhou Z Cook CL Slade TA Somboonwit C Morano J Harman J Bryant K Whitehead NE Brumback B Algarin AB Spencer EC Cook R. he Florida Cohort study: methodology, initial findings and lessons learned from a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Florida AIDS Care. 3, 2020.
• Escobar-Viera C Zhou Z Morano JP Lucero R Lieb S McIntosh S Clauson K Cook R. The Florida mHealth Adherence Project for People Living with HIV (FL-mAPP): longitudinal assessment of feasibility, acceptability, and clinical outcomes JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 8(1) : e14557, 2020.
• Xu Y Chen X Zhou Z Morano J Cook R. The interaction between detectable plasma viral load and increased body mass index on hypertension among persons living with HIV AIDS Care. 1(6) , 2019.
• Morano J Clauson K Zhou Z Escobar-Viera C Lieb S Chen IK Kirk D Carter WM Ruppal M Cook R. Attitudes, Beliefs, and Willingness Toward the Use of mHealth Tools for Medication Adherence in the Florida mHealth Adherence Project for People Living with HIV (FL-mAPP): Pilot Questionnaire Study JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 7(7) : e12900, 2019.
• Ohl ME Richardson K Rodriguez-Barradas MC Bedimo R Marconi V Morano JP Jones MP Vaughan-Sarrazin . Impact of Availability of Telehealth Programs on Documented HIV Viral Suppression: A Cluster-Randomized Program Evaluation in the Veterans Health Administration Open Forum Infectious Disease. 6(6) , 2019.
• Li Z Morano JP Khoshnood K Hsieh E Sheng . HIV-related stigma among people living with HIV/AIDS in rural Central China BMC Health Serv Res. 18(1) : 453, 2018.
• Casale T Teng M Morano J Unnasch T Lockwood . Zika Virus: An Emerging Infectious Disease with Serious Perinatal and Neurologic Complications Journal of Allergy and Clinical. 141(2) : 482-491, 2018.
• Morano J, Holt DA The social determinants of health contextualized for the Zika virus International Journal of Infectious Disease. 65: 142-143, 2017.
• Cook R, Zhou Z, Kelso-Chichetto N, Janelle J, Morano J, Somboonwit C, et. al. Alcohol consumption patterns and HIV viral suppression among persons receiving HIV care in Florida: an observational study Addiction Science & Clinical Practice. 12(1) : 22, 2017.
• Lucero RJ, Frimpong JA, Fehlberg EA, Bjarnadottir RI, Weaver MT, Cook C, Modave F, Rathore MH, Morano JP, Ibanez G, Cook RL. The Relationship Between Individual Characteristics and Interest in Using a Mobile Phone App for HIV Self-Management: Observational Cohort Study of People Living With HIV. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 5(7) : e100, 2017.
• Sharpe JD, Zhou Z, Escobar-Viera CG, Morano JP, Lucero RJ, Ibanez GE, Hart M, Cook CL, Cook R. Interest in Using Mobile Technology to Help Self-manage Alcohol Use among Persons Living with HIV: a Florida Cohort Cross-sectional Study Substance Abuse (PMID: 28723300) [Epub 2017 Jul 19]. , 2017.
• Gibson BA, Morano JP, Walton MR, Marcus R, Zelenev A, Bruce RD, Altice F. Innovative Program Delivery and Determinants of Frequent Visitation to a Mobile Medical Clinic in an Urban Setting J Health Care Poor Underserved (PMID: 28529215). 28(2) : 643-662, 2017.
• Mundra L, Aslam S, Zhang J, Lin H, Xu P, Morano J HIV/AIDS Occupational Exposure and Integrative Care: Knowledge, Attitude, and Skills of Healthcare Workers in Gansu Province, China International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 4(10) , 2017.
• Zhen L, Hsieh E, Morano J, Sheng Y. Exploring HIV-related Stigma among HIV-infected Men Who have Sex with Men in Beijing, China: A Correlation Study AIDS Care (PMID:27137205). (11) : 1394-1401, 2016.
• Tang H, Wu Z, Mao Y, Cepeda J, Morano J. Rick Factor Associated with Negative Spouse HIV Seroconversion among Sero-different Couples: a Nested Case-control Retrospective Survey Study in 30 Counties in Rural China PLoS One (e0164761) PMID: 27741292. 11(10) , 2016.
• Yacoub A, Soni KK, Mojica L, Mai J, Morano J et, al. Primary Gangrenous Cutaneous Mold infections in a Patient with Cancer and Neutropenia Cancer Control. 23(3) : 265-71, 2016.
• Zhou K, Hu F, Wang C, Xu M, Lan Y, Morano JP, Lemon SM, Tucker JD, Cai W. Genotypic distribution and hepatic fibrosis among HIV/HCV co-infected individuals in Southern China: a retrospective cross-sectional study. BMC infectious diseases. 15: 401, 2015.
• Wang L, Ge L, Wang L, Morano JP, Guo W, Khoshnood K, Qin Q, Ding Z, Sun D, Liu X, Luo H, Tillman J, Cui Y. Causes of Death among AIDS Patients after Introduction of Free Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) in Three Chinese Provinces, 2010-2011. PloS one. 10(10) : e0139998, 2015.
• Lai YJ, Liu EY, Wang LM, Morano JP, Wang N, Khoshnood K, Zhou L, Cheng SM. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection-Associated Mortality during Pulmonary Tuberculosis Treatment in Six Provinces of China. Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES. 28(6) : 421-8, 2015.
• Chen Y, Shen Z, Morano JP, Khoshnood K, Wu Z, Lan G, Zhu Q, Zhou Y, Tang S, Liu W, Chen J, Tang Z. Bridging the epidemic: a comprehensive analysis of prevalence and correlates of HIV, hepatitis C, and syphilis, and infection among female sex workers in Guangxi Province, China. PloS one. 10(2) : e0115311, 2015.
• Menezes M, Morano J, Mundra L. Human Papilloma Virus - Chapter in Global Virology 1: Identifying and Investigating Viral Diseases Springer Publishers. , 2015.
• Morano JP Zelenev A Lombard A Marcus R Gibson BA Altice FL. Strategies for Hepatitis C Testing and Linkage to Care for Vulnerable Populations: Point-of-Care and Standard HCV Testing in a Mobile Medical Clinic. Journal of Community Health. 39(5) : 922-34, 2014.
• Morano JP Zelenev A Walton MR Bruce RD Altice FL. Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening in Foreign-Born Populations: A Successful Mobile Clinic Outreach Model. American Journal of Public Health. : e1-e8, 2014.
• Gibson BA Ghosh D Morano JP Altice FL. Accessibility and utilization patterns of a mobile medical clinic among vulnerable populations. Health & Place. 28C: 153-166, 2014.
• Morano JP Walton MR Zelenev A Bruce RD Altice FL. Latent tuberculosis infection: screening and treatment in an urban setting. Journal of Community Health. 38(5) : 941-50, 2013.
• Morano JP Gibson BA Altice FL. The burgeoning HIV/HCV syndemic in the urban Northeast: HCV, HIV, and HIV/HCV coinfection in an urban setting. PloS One. 8(5) : e64321, 2013.
• Manzoli L Di Giovanni P Dragani V Ferrandino MG Morano JP Rauti I Schioppa F Romano F Staniscia T. Smoking behaviour, cessation attempts and the influence of parental smoking in older adult women: a cross-sectional analysis from Italy. Public Health. 119(8) : 670-8, 2005.
• Savoia E, Morano J, Cote D, Rampal S, Villa D, Testa M. Public Health Preparedness Evaluation and Measurement Italian Journal of Public Health. 1(1) : 56, 2004.
• Morano JP. Sexual Abuse of the Mentally Retarded Patient: Medical and Legal Analysis for the Primary Care Physician. Primary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry. 3(3) : 126-135, 2001.