Professor Rose specializes in the study of behavior genetics, focusing on the age-old question of the interaction of nature and nurture in behavioral development and disease outcome. He directs two on-going longitudinal twin-family studies in Finland, in efforts to identify behavioral precursors of alcoholism and their familial and genetic origins. These studies offer evidence that children at elevated risk for alcoholism exhibit behavioral differences, evident to their teachers and classmates, years before they initiate drinking. As scientific co-director of the Indiana Alcohol Research Center, Professor Rose studies acute subjective, behavioral, and psychophysiological responses to challenge doses of alcohol in adult twins who are social drinkers. Identifying genetic and environmental factors influencing sensitivity and tolerance to alcohol, and constituting risk pathways for alcohol abuse and dependency, is the goal of these studies conducted in Bloomington. Professor Rose is the current President of the Behavior Genetics Association. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Psychological Society. His long-standing research collaborations in Finland led to his lifetime appointment as an adjunct professor in the University of HelsinkiÕs Faculty of Medicine.

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