Symposia Speakers

Dr Sasha Howard is Clinical Reader at the Centre for Endocrinology, Queen Mary University of London, UK and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology at Barts Health NHS Trust. Dr Howard’s research is focused on optimising the diagnosis and management of patients with pubertal disorders.

Her translational research investigates the genetic basis of pubertal timing, using next-generation sequencing, comparative transcriptomic and epigenetic investigative approaches to identify novel genetic variants underlying precocious, delayed and disordered puberty. Her clinical research is focused on optimising diagnosis in delayed and precocious puberty and facilitating best practice management, particularly for mini-puberty and pubertal replacement in male hypogonadism.

Dr Howard is Co-PI of the Barts Pituitary Centre and an ESPE Research Unit, and member of the Society for Endocrinology UK Andrology network, the ESPE Programme Organising Committee and ESPE Paediatric and Adolescent Gynaecology Working Group. She won the 2021 ESPE Young Investigator Award.