Student Affairs

Dr. Emily Allen (she/her) is an Assistant Dean for Student Affairs. In her role, she focuses on career development, the transition to residency curriculum, and supporting student progression through competency based medical education across their time in medical school. 

She graduated from Swarthmore College with a major in Political Science, and went on to work at Human Rights Watch for several years prior to starting medical school in her home state at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.  She pursued residency training in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Medical Center and Boston Children’s Hospital, and served as a Chief Resident in what is now called the Leadership in Equity and Advocacy Track.  She went on to complete fellowship training in Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital and earned a Masters of Public Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Since joining the faculty at Brown in 2019, she has been an active medical educator for students, residents, and faculty in various advising, mentorship, and leadership roles. She has been recognized with multiple teaching awards and induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society. Clinically, she has found satisfaction in caring for adolescents with a focus on LGBTQ+ health, reproductive justice, and eating disorders. She has demonstrated a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion throughout her clinical practice, as well as as an educator and advocate.  

Outside of medicine, she enjoys music and being outdoors with her husband and two young children.