Director of Student Rotations
Assistant Professor – Emory Department of Human Genetics
Ms. Rosen graduated with a Master's in Genetic Counseling from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2000 and has been a board certified genetic counselor for over 20 years.
Ms. Rosen has over 20 years of experience working as a genetic counselor focused on both clinical care and clinical research. The diseases she has focused on most over the years are Alzheimers, Parkinsons, Huntingtons, Dystonia, Fabry, Niemann Pick C, Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency, and Hypophosphatasia. For close to eight years she was the Program Manager for the Dystonia Coalition, a collaboration of medical researchers and patient advocacy groups supported by an NIH grant as part of the RDCRN. She was responsible for coordinating several international, multi-site clinical research projects, organizing career development and pilot project awards, and helping to organize annual educational meetings. She has also been a part of the Emory Genetic Counseling Training Program since its inception, first as a guest lecturer and clinical supervisor with her role growing over the years to include responsibility for specific courses and holding the role and responsibility of the Director of Student Research through 2023.
Ms. Rosen has served as Committee Chair for the Georgia Association of Genetic Counselors and is currently on the Georgia Composite Medical Board Genetic Counselors Advisory Committee.
Currently, she is the Associate Director for the Emory Genetic Counseling Training Program. In this role she has primary responsibility for the focus internship program and for teaching several courses. She also assists the Program Director with admissions, student advising, and clinical supervision of the Adult Neurology rotation. Most years she is also a Focus Mentor to at least one student, helping them conceive of and conduct a specific research study about ataxia, Huntington's Disease, or utilization of genetic services.
She is also the Clinical Director for the HDSA Center of Excellence for Huntington's Disease at Emory University. In this role she helps guide the vision for the Center and she also provides the genetic counseling for symptomatic patients and asymptomatic individuals at risk for Huntington's Disease.