Dr. Laurie Goodyear is a senior investigator and head of the section on metabolism at the Joslin Diabetes Center, as well as an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Goodyear received her doctorate degree in cell biology from the University of Vermont, and her postdoctoral training included fellowships at University of Vermont and Harvard Medical School.  

Dr. Goodyear is an active member of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Physiological Society (APS) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). She has served as a member of the National Institutes of Health Study Sections on Respiratory and Applied Physiology and on Skeletal Muscle Biology. Dr. Goodyear's awards and honors include the Mary K. Iacocca Fellowship from the Joslin, a New Investigator Award from the American College of Sports Medicine, and Career Development Awards from the ADA and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.