John Rose

Health Program Evaluation Expert
Public Health Research and Evaluation 

John Rose is a principal health program evaluation expert with 24 years of experience in public health research and program evaluation. His career spans the public and nonprofit sectors. At MITRE, he contributes his expertise to numerous projects supporting multiple federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Rose’s work focuses on improving population health through the development, evaluation, and dissemination of disease prevention and control programs and information systems. Prior to joining MITRE, he was Director of Evaluation Research at a nonprofit research and development organization, where he led a team of social and behavioral scientists on the execution of evaluation studies for a wide range of federal government clients. Rose has extensive experience in planning and conducting evaluation studies of health programs at the local, state, and national levels. He received his doctorate in health behavior and health education from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, his master’s degree in anthropology at the American University in Washington, DC, and a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.