Image of Emily Wroe

Emily Wroe, MD, MPH

Instructor in Medicine and Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Affiliate

Dr. Emily Wroe is an internist and global and public health specialist, currently serving as a Senior Advisor for Partners In Health’s (PIH) U.S. COVID response as well as the Associate Director of Policy & Implementation for the NCD Synergies Project. She previously served as the Director of Implementation & Design for PIH’s work with the Massachusetts Community Tracing Collaborative (CTC), where she was responsible for data system design, protocols, and training for a Massachusetts statewide contact tracing program for COVID-19, training more than 4,000 contact tracers. Through this work she also led the Care Resource Coordinator team, a team of almost 200 who worked to connect community members to resources in the community to enable safe and effective isolation and quarantine. Before the pandemic, Dr. Wroe was the Chief Medical Officer for PIH in Malawi for four years, working closely with the Ministry of Health to strengthen health care delivery in the rural district of Neno. In this role, she led the team to redesign the HIV care delivery platform into an integrated approach to include NCDs, launched new community screening programs, and spearheaded a stepped-wedge study of a polyvalent community health worker program. Her work in Malawi expanded to support southern Africa as NCD Synergies’ Associate Director of Policy & Implementation, co-chairing Malawi’s National NCDs & Injuries of Poverty Commission. Dr. Wroe graduated from Harvard Medical School and Harvard school of Public Health and completed residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. She currently is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Associate Physician in the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham & Women’s Hospital.

Address: 
Harvard Medical School
Mec
260 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Dr. Wroe’s academic interests center around implementation and evaluation of innovative health systems, specifically for chronic disease. Her work has evaluated a novel integrated HIV-NCD clinic in rural Malawi as well as several other operational research projects for chronic disease outcomes for HIV and NCD programs in Malawi. She also has research experience in Community Health Workers, serving as primary lead for a stepped wedge study of a CHW program in Malawi and other initiatives including development of a selection tool, launch of a digital health system, and novel approaches to community screening. Through her NCD Synergies position her work expanded to several countries to investigate the burden of NCDs and its relation to poverty. Currently she continues to work on NCD delivery systems in sub-Saharan Africa and is exploring avenues for incorporation of care resource coordination into public health systems in the U.S.

Improving the screening and treatment of hypertension in people living with HIV: An evidence-based policy brief by Malawi's Knowledge Translation Platform.
Authors: Authors: Mitambo C, Khan S, Matanje-Mwagomba BL, Kachimanga C, Wroe E, Segula D, Amberbir A, Garone D, Malik PR, Gondwe A, Berman J.
Malawi Med J
View full abstract on Pubmed
Novel approaches to screening for noncommunicable diseases: Lessons from Neno, Malawi.
Authors: Authors: Kachimanga C, Cundale K, Wroe E, Nazimera L, Jumbe A, Dunbar E, Kalanga N.
Malawi Med J
View full abstract on Pubmed
The Rohingya people of Myanmar: health, human rights, and identity.
Authors: Authors: Mahmood SS, Wroe E, Fuller A, Leaning J.
Lancet
View full abstract on Pubmed
Erratum to: The impact of user fees on health services utilization and infectious disease diagnoses in Neno District, Malawi: a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study.
Authors: Authors: Watson SI, Wroe EB, Dunbar EL, Mukherjee J, Squire SB, Nazimera L, Dullie L, Lilford RJ.
BMC Health Serv Res
View full abstract on Pubmed
The impact of user fees on health services utilization and infectious disease diagnoses in Neno District, Malawi: a longitudinal, quasi-experimental study.
Authors: Authors: Watson SI, Wroe EB, Dunbar EL, Mukherjee J, Squire SB, Nazimera L, Dullie L, Lilford RJ.
BMC Health Serv Res
View full abstract on Pubmed
Building a knowledge translation platform in Malawi to support evidence-informed health policy.
Authors: Authors: Berman J, Mitambo C, Matanje-Mwagomba B, Khan S, Kachimanga C, Wroe E, Mwape L, van Oosterhout JJ, Chindebvu G, van Schoor V, Puchalski Ritchie LM, Panisset U, Kathyola D.
Health Res Policy Syst
View full abstract on Pubmed
Leveraging HIV platforms to work toward comprehensive primary care in rural Malawi: the Integrated Chronic Care Clinic.
Authors: Authors: Wroe EB, Kalanga N, Mailosi B, Mwalwanda S, Kachimanga C, Nyangulu K, Dunbar E, Kerr L, Nazimera L, Dullie L.
Healthc (Amst)
View full abstract on Pubmed
Depression and patterns of self-reported adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Rwanda.
Authors: Authors: Wroe EB, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Franke MF, Nsanzimana S, Turinimana JB, Drobac P.
Int J STD AIDS
View full abstract on Pubmed
Excellent clinical outcomes and retention in care for adults with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma treated with systemic chemotherapy and integrated antiretroviral therapy in rural Malawi.
Authors: Authors: Herce ME, Kalanga N, Wroe EB, Keck JW, Chingoli F, Tengatenga L, Gopal S, Phiri A, Mailosi B, Bazile J, Beste JA, Elmore SN, Crocker JT, Rigodon J.
J Int AIDS Soc
View full abstract on Pubmed
Assessing and responding to palliative care needs in rural sub-Saharan Africa: results from a model intervention and situation analysis in Malawi.
Authors: Authors: Herce ME, Elmore SN, Kalanga N, Keck JW, Wroe EB, Phiri A, Mayfield A, Chingoli F, Beste JA, Tengatenga L, Bazile J, Krakauer EL, Rigodon J.
PLoS One
View full abstract on Pubmed