{"id":3227,"date":"2026-06-23T08:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/?page_id=3227"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:41:09","slug":"speakers-day-1-2027","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/speakers-day-1-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers Day 1 (VAC2027)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3227\" class=\"elementor elementor-3227\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ffed097 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ffed097\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2351451\" 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Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology , Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center \u00a0<\/p><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382f196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"382f196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>My research focuses on modeling vascular anomalies in mouse with the use of patient-derived endothelial cells (EC) or with transgenic animal systems that mimic genetic defects found in patients. Our goal is to identify genes and signaling pathways crucial for the formation of vascular anomalies as these discoveries can have the greatest impact on the understanding of processes regulating normal and pathological blood vessel formation. We have a strong focus on studying the role of TIE2 in venous malformations and GNAQ mutations in vascular tumors. 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During her postdoctoral training at the Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, she studied how force-dependent mechanisms at adherens junctions regulate EC communication and collective behaviour in angiogenesis.<\/p><p>She now leads a research line investigating how intrinsic and extrinsic factors, such as cell lineage, tissue context, and microenvironmental cues, shape susceptibility to <em>PIK3CA<\/em>-driven overgrowth in PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS) across vascular and non-vascular tissues.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1927c24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"1927c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1b7893d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1b7893d\" data-element_type=\"section\" id=\"bio-Seront\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f926a6a\" data-id=\"f926a6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-02c42e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02c42e1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9cb2bf\" data-id=\"b9cb2bf\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e61f29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e61f29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13_Sarah-Sheppard.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13_Sarah-Sheppard.jpg 590w, https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13_Sarah-Sheppard-291x300.jpg 291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90f56f0\" data-id=\"90f56f0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2be6313 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2be6313\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\u00a0<\/div><h3>Sarah E. Sheppard<\/h3><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2074b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2074b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Clinical Tenure Track Investigator, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA<\/p><\/div><div id=\"ConnectiveDocSignExtentionInstalled\" data-extension-version=\"1.0.4\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1870f95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1870f95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Sarah Sheppard is a clinical tenure track investigator at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The focus of her translational research group is to develop more efficacious therapies for individuals with malformations of the lymphatic system.\u00a0<\/p><p>Dr. Sheppard earned her bachelor of science in nuclear science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then her medical degree and a doctorate in genetics, vascular development and bioinformatics through the combined MD\u2013PhD program at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.<\/p><p>Dr. Sheppard then completed a combined residency in pediatrics and clinical genetics at the Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia and following her clinical training, Dr. Sheppard joined the faculty of CHOP as a clinical geneticist in the Division of Human Genetics, the Comprehensive Vascular Anomalies Program, and the Jill and Mark Fishman Lymphatic Center.\u00a0 While at CHOP, she completed Masters of Translational Research at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Center of Applied Genomics at CHOP focusing on improved genetic diagnostics for diagnosis and treatment for patients with vascular malformations.<\/p><p>Dr. Sheppard is a prolific investigator, an active clinician board certified by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the American Board of Pediatrics, and a sought-after mentor.\u00a0 She has authored or co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and reviews and is a recipient of numerous awards, including as a NIH Distinguished Scholar, the NICHD Scientific Achievement Award, the John M. Opitz Young Investigator Award, and the ASCI Young Physician Scientist Award.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>speakers Tuesday 9 March \u00a0 Elisa Boscolo \u00a0 PhD Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology , Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center \u00a0 \u00a0 My research focuses on modeling vascular anomalies in mouse with the use of patient-derived endothelial cells (EC) or with transgenic animal systems that mimic genetic defects found &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/speakers-day-1-2027\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Speakers Day 1 (VAC2027)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3227"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3564,"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3227\/revisions\/3564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacure-conference.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}