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Nadi Kaonga

  • Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics
    Assistant Professor
  • (404) 778-3401
  • nadi.nina.kaonga@emory.edu
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Overview

Nadi Nina Kaonga, MD MHS MS, is an academic generalist within the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University. She completed her residency training in obstetrics and gynecology at Maine Medical Center. Prior to residency, she had worked extensively in over a dozen locations throughout the world managing, implementing and evaluating projects that have included the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV/AIDS, emergency medical response and digital health/health systems strengthening. She is a graduate of Columbia University, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Tufts University School of Medicine. She is always aspiring to more fully integrate her medical and public health training and continue efforts in advocacy, research and innovation in health equity and health access. She is excited and honored to continue growing and learning with and from her patients, students, colleagues and the community.

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Tufts University School of Medicine
  • MS from Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
  • MHS from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • BA from Columbia University

Research

Publications

  • A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of LLM-Based Chatbots for Menopause.
    Stud Health Technol Inform Volume: 327 Page(s): 1175 - 1179
    05/15/2025 Authors: Deva R; Manvi S; Zhou J; Chahine EB; Davenport-Nicholson A; Kaonga NN; Bozkurt S; Ismail A
  • Case Report: Isolated Fallopian Tube Torsion in an Adolescent
    Journal of Maine Medical Center Volume: 4
    01/01/2022 Authors: Kaonga NN; Nicolais L; Fitzgerald T; Pandya K
  • Lessons from an evidence-based medicine exploration: when transparency and sensitivity (analyses) can change the take-home message.
    Journal of Maine Medical Center Volume: 2
    01/01/2020 Authors: Kaonga NN; Fitzgerald T
  • Strengthening the evidence base for telehealth for abortion service delivery
    Journal of Maine Medical Center Volume: 2
    01/01/2020 Authors: Kaonga NN
  • The Impact of an mHealth Voice Message Service (mMitra) on Infant Care Knowledge, and Practices Among Low-Income Women in India: Findings from a Pseudo-Randomized Controlled Trial.
    Matern Child Health J Volume: 23 Page(s): 1658 - 1669
    12/01/2019 Authors: Murthy N; Chandrasekharan S; Prakash MP; Kaonga NN; Peter J; Ganju A; Mechael PN
  • Common themes and emerging trends for the use of technology to support mental health and psychosocial well-being in limited resource settings: A review of the literature.
    Psychiatry Res Volume: 281 Page(s): 112594
    11/01/2019 Authors: Kaonga NN; Morgan J
  • The Elusive Path Toward Measuring Health Outcomes: Lessons Learned From a Pseudo-Randomized Controlled Trial of a Large-Scale Mobile Health Initiative.
    JMIR Mhealth Uhealth Volume: 7 Page(s): e14668
    08/21/2019 Authors: Mechael P; Kaonga NN; Chandrasekharan S; Prakash MP; Peter J; Ganju A; Murthy N
  • Content guidance for mobile phones short message service (SMS)-based antiretroviral therapy adherence and appointment reminders: a review of the literature.
    AIDS Care Volume: 31 Page(s): 636 - 646
    05/01/2019 Authors: Kerrigan A; Kaonga NN; Tang AM; Jordan MR; Hong SY
  • Professional Boundaries and Meaningful Care.
    AMA J Ethics Volume: 17 Page(s): 416 - 418
    05/01/2015 Authors: Kaonga NN
  • Technologies in Global Health
    Essential Clinical Global Health
    01/01/2015 Authors: Ahn R; Kaonga NN; Yasin F; Burke T
  • Mobile phones and social structures: an exploration of a closed user group in rural Ghana.
    BMC Med Inform Decis Mak Volume: 13 Page(s): 100
    09/03/2013 Authors: Kaonga NN; Labrique A; Mechael P; Akosah E; Ohemeng-Dapaah S; Baah JS; Kodie R; Kanter AS; Levine O
  • Using social networking to understand social networks: analysis of a mobile phone closed user group used by a Ghanaian health team.
    J Med Internet Res Volume: 15 Page(s): e74
    04/03/2013 Authors: Kaonga NN; Labrique A; Mechael P; Akosah E; Ohemeng-Dapaah S; Sakyi Baah J; Kodie R; Kanter AS; Levine O
  • Capitalizing on the characteristics of mHealth to evaluate its impact.
    J Health Commun Volume: 17 Suppl 1 Page(s): 62 - 66
    01/01/2012 Authors: Mechael P; Nemser B; Cosmaciuc R; Cole-Lewis H; Ohemeng-Dapaah S; Dusabe S; Kaonga NN; Namakula P; Shemsanga M; Burbach R
  • The importance of using open source technologies and common standards for interoperability within eHealth: perspectives from the Millennium Villages Project.
    Adv Health Care Manag Volume: 12 Page(s): 189 - 204
    01/01/2012 Authors: Kanter AS; Borland R; Barasa M; Iiams-Hauser C; Velez O; Kaonga NN; Berg M
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