Laura Vogtle is a professor of occupational therapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her research has focused on health and wellness and comorbidity prevention in adults and children with childhood-onset disabilities. She worked at the University of Virginia for 24 years as a clinician in pediatric rehabilitation prior to completing her doctoral studies at the UVA Curry School of Education. Her experience in interprofessional education includes teaching in a grant funded US Department of Education program addressing Transdisciplinary collaboration for the last 20 years with Dr. Kilgo in the UAB School of Education and other faculty.