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). Until July 2025, she is on detail to the University of Alaska Fairbanks as the Director of the Animal Resources Center and Attending Veterinarian. 

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.