Sheila Pierson, MS is a Senior Research Advisor for the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN). Since 2016, she has been a pivotal figure in the Castleman disease field and has published extensively on disease subgroups and treatment patterns that inform clinical practice. Previously, Sheila served as the Director of Clinical Research for the Center for Cytokine Storm Treatment & Laboratory (CSTL) at the University of Pennsylvania, where she made significant contributions to Castleman research through her oversight of the ACCELERATE Registry and her biostatistical analyses of large-scale proteomics datasets. She holds an MS in nutrition from Columbia University and an MS in biostatistics from the University ofPennsylvania, and she is currently pursuing her medical degree at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. Sheila’s multifaceted expertise and commitment to advancing Castleman disease research are shaping the future of treatment options for this vulnerable community.