Emily Rosa

Emily Rosa
Age 11 in 1998
Born	(1987-02-06) February 6, 1987 (age 37) Loveland, Colorado
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Psychologist, scientist
Parent(s)	Linda Rosa, Larry Sarner

Emily Rosa (born February 6, 1987) is the youngest person to have a research paper published in a peer reviewed medical journal. At age nine Rosa conceived and executed a scientific study of therapeutic touch which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1998. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Denver in 2009 with a major in psychology. Her parents, Larry Sarner and Linda Rosa, are leaders of the advocacy group Advocates for Children in Therapy.