Dr. Eileen M. Shore is a Professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Genetics. She received a M.A. degree in Biology from Indiana University and her Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Following postdoctoral studies in cell biology at the Fox Chase Cancer Center, she returned to Penn and now holds the inaugural Cali/Weldon endowed chair and is the Co-Director of the Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders.