Emily Stong is a global health professional working in strategic communications for large-scale HIV programs. She currently supports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she focuses on developing clear, effective communications related to global HIV/AIDS programming and policy.
Prior to her current role, Emily spent over a decade working at the intersection of program implementation and partner accountability in global health. Her work focused on translating complex program data and policy into actionable insights, with an emphasis on locally led implementation and strengthening partner performance.
Emily is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Public Health at Georgia State University, where her research evaluates expenditure and performance differences between local and international implementing partners in PEPFAR-supported programs. She holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Austin.
Before transitioning to global health, Emily was a newspaper reporter and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Senegal.