Emeritus Professor Miranda Rose was a Principal Research Fellow and Director of the NHMRC funded Centre of Research Excellence in Aphasia Recovery and Rehabilitation (www.latrobe.edu.au/aphasiacre), a national centre based in the School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport at La Trobe University. 

Miranda has over 30 years of research and leadership experience in acquired neurological communication disorders. She was awarded the hightest honours from Speech Pathlogy Australia, the Elizabeth Usher prize (2022), and the Robin Tavistock international award (2024) (https://aphasiatavistocktrust.org/robin-tavistock-award/) which recognises a person who has been inspirational and has made a significant international contribution to the field of aphasia.

She led the "COMPARE" (https://www.latrobe.edu.au/research/centres/health/aphasia/research/treatment-effectiveness/compare-research-trial) trial (https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/93/6/573) a national randomised controlled trial investigating the efficacy of constraint induced and multi-modality aphasia therapies, funded by the National Health Medical Research Council. She was a Chief Investigator on the ASK Trial (http://www.latrobe.edu.au/aphasia-lab/projects/ask-trial) funded by the NHMRC that investigated the effects of an early intervention to prevent depression and enhance quality of life in people with aphasia after stroke. Miranda  directed the NHMRC funded "Communication Connect" project that applyed artificial intelligence and other technologies to the codesign of solutions for people living with the long term effetcs of aphasia and cognitive communication disability after stroke and truamatic brain injury.

Miranda led a team of researchers exploring the efficacy and proliferation of high quality community aphasia groups in Australia (http://www.aphasia.community) originally funded through an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship, and now supported by the Stroke Foundation and Speech Pathology Australia.

Miranda was appointed Lead, Treatment Effectiveness working group of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists based in the UK and originally funded by a large EU Cost grant (https://www.aphasiatrials.org/) leading international aphasia trials and digitial rehabilitation innovations (2020-2026).

Miranda supervises higher degree students in the areas of aphasia rehabilitation and communication disability with 13 PhD completions and a futher 4 current students.