Laurie A. Whittaker, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine and Cell & Molecular Biology at the University of Vermont in Burlington. Dr. Whittaker holds the position of Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program Director/Associate Center Director at the University of Vermont College of Medicine/Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.
Dr. Whittaker received her undergraduate degree at the University of Vermont in Burlington and her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston. She completed her Internal Medicine internship and residency at the University of Colorado Health Science Center in Denver. Dr. Whittakercompleted her fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dr. Whittaker has been the recipient of many awards including the BRIN Award for Genetic Research from the University of Vermont, an American College of Chest Physicians Leadership Award, an NIH Clinical Research Loan Repayment Award, and a Travel Award for the National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence. In addition, she has served as Principal Investigator for several clinical trials and is a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, the American Thoracic Society and the Northern New England Cystic Fibrosis Consortium. Dr. Whittakerhas co-authored articles for peer-reviewed publications including the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, American Journal of Pathology, Journal of Immunology, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, among others. She has also edited co-authored multiple book chapters and research abstracts.