Rosienne Farrugia is a senior lecturer in genetics, genomics, research methodology and haematology within the Department of Applied Biomedical Science and the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking.

Ongoing research interests focus on the genomics of diseases including tetrahydrobiopterin deficiencies (a group of disorders resulting in impaired cognitive and motor development), idiopatic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (a spectrum of disorders causing delayed puberty and infertility), Polycystic kidney disease, Hirschprung disease, Parkinson's disease and Myocardial infarction.