Following this Rohn was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1996 from the University of Washington for work on Feline leukemia virus (FeLV).

[20] Rohn works with engineers to put antibiotics within core-shell capsules to treat persistent urinary tract infections.

[21] Rohn grows bladder epithelia in culture to test new treatments for urinary tract infections.

[23] This is written in the lab lit genre, which she is well known for championing,[7] and represents a departure for CSHLP, which had previously only published scientific non-fiction.

Rohn has also had short fiction,[7][24][26][28] news and opinion published in Nature[29][30][31][32][33] and The Guardian[34] In 2011, Rohn won the inaugural Research Fortnight "Achiever of the Year" award,[35] and received the Society for Experimental Biology's President's Medal in the Education and Public Affairs Section.