Heather Rose, Ph.D., J.D.

Dr. Heather Rose oversees the team responsible for identifying, protecting, and commercializing innovations developed by Jefferson faculty, staff, and students. She provides strategic leadership for intellectual property management, patent prosecution, startup formation, and industry engagement across the University and Health System. In addition to leading the office, Dr. Rose personally leads select high impact projects in biotech, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, AI, and computational medicine, supporting programs from translational development through commercialization.

Heather Rose, PhD, JD, joined Jefferson Innovation in 2017 and currently serves as Vice President of Technology Licensing and Startups. Prior to Jefferson, she worked for five years at Drexel University’s Office of Technology Commercialization, managing life sciences innovations. Dr. Rose holds a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a JD with a concentration in Intellectual Property Law from Drexel University’s Kline School of Law. She previously conducted gene therapy research and completed internships in pharmaceutical intellectual property law. She is a member of the New Jersey Bar and the United States Patent Bar and is a Certified Licensing Professional.