Dr. Kaitlin Weisshappel completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, medical school at the University of Illinois, combined pediatrics/medical genetics residency at Emory University, and medical biochemical genetics fellowship at the University of Colorado. She is an assistant professor within the Division of Genetics & Metabolism with primary focus on bettering access within Native American communities, as this was lacking within her own tribal clinic and others that she has worked within.