Cheryl Rosa, DVM, PhD
US Arctic Research Commission
420 L Street, Suite 315
Anchorage, AK 99501
907-271-4577

Dr. Cheryl Rosa is Deputy Director and Anchorage-based Alaska Director of the United States Arctic Research Commission (USARC).

Dr. Rosa is trained as a Wildlife Veterinarian and Wildlife Biologist and has worked with subsistence communities on the North Slope and in the Russian Far East on a wide range of studies involving wildlife health and zoonotic disease, marine mammal stranding response, subsistence food safety, and oil spill/offshore discharge research. She is a member of the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee, as well as numerous other federal and non-federal boards and steering committees.

Dr. Rosa runs USARC’s Alaska Rural Water and Sanitation Working Group and the Arctic Renewable Energy Working Group.

She received a PhD in Biology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Tufts University, and BS degrees in both Animal Science and Zoology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.