Dr. Lori Laffel is chief of the pediatric and adolescent section at Joslin Clinic and an investigator in the section on genetics and epidemiology at Joslin Diabetes Center, as well as an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She is the program director of Joslin's NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship and early career development training grants for pediatric endocrinologists entering the field of diabetes research. She also co-directs the combined pediatric endocrine training program at Joslin Diabetes Center and Children's Hospital Boston.

Dr. Laffel received her medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and her master's degree in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. She did her pediatric training at Children's Hospital and her fellowship training at Children's Hospital and Joslin.