Emily Wroe, MD, MPH, is an internist and expert in global health, serving as the Senior Director of Programs for the NCDI Poverty Network and one of its co-secretariats, the Center for Integration Science in Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. In this role she supports the implementation and expansion of PEN-Plus programs, including in training, data systems, and clinical quality.

Dr. Wroe’s expertise in health systems for chronic diseases stems from several years working as Partners In Health’s Chief Medical Officer in Malawi, where she worked closely with the Ministry of Health to strengthen health care in the rural district of Neno. In Malawi she led the team to integrate HIV and noncommunicable disease clinics, spearheaded a stepped-wedge study of a community health worker program, and helped launch two clinics for patients with severe noncommunicable diseases, which was the beginning of the PEN-Plus program in Malawi. Her role then expanded to serve as co-chair of the Ministry of Health for Malawi’s National NCDs and Injuries of Poverty Commission and to help launch similar commissions in Zimbabwe and Zambia. 

Dr. Wroe is also deeply experienced in public health response. In the past she served as Partners In Health’s Director of Implementation and Design for the statewide contact tracing program for COVID-19. Currently she remains a Senior Health and Policy Advisor for Partners In Health. She is an Assistant Professor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.