Miquella “Kelly” Rose

Miquella “Kelly” Rose currently serves as the Chief Scientific Officer at the American Society of Hematology, a position held since July 2022. Previously, Miquella was a Program Officer at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund from January 2019 to July 2022, overseeing significant funding initiatives in biomedical research. From October 2015 to December 2018, Miquella was the Executive Director of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center at Duke University, managing a collaborative NSF-funded project across multiple institutions. Miquella’s academic background includes a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from The University of New Mexico School of Medicine and extensive postdoctoral experience at the University of California, San Francisco, where innovative research projects were conducted. Early career roles included lab technician responsibilities at the University of New Mexico and graduate studies at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.