Veronica Kinsler is Professor of Paediatric Dermatology and Dermatogenetics at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and UCL, and Principal Group Leader of the Mosaicism and Precision Medicine laboratory and Assistant Research Director at the Francis Crick Institute in London. She also holds a UK NIHR Research Professorship.  She trained in medicine at Cambridge, paediatrics and paediatric dermatology in London, molecular genetics at UCL, and worked part-time for 15 years to look after her family. On the clinical side she directs the NHS England Rare Disease Collaborative Network for Mosaic Disorders, which takes national referral for complex multisystem disorders with birthmarks as one feature.  On the research side the Kinsler lab has been responsible for identifying the genetic causes of a large number of these disorders including congenital melanocytic naevus syndrome and arteriovenous malformations. In parallel, the lab extrapolates findings to gain valuable insights into common conditions such as melanoma, and into normal human embryology.  She is the past President of the ESPD, senior editor of the Harper textbook of Pediatric Dermatology, and director of Paediatric Dermatology Courses www.paediatric-dermatology.com