Dr. Whitehill has an undergraduate degree in Biology and Community Health from Tufts University and a PhD in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington’s Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center. As a graduate student at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, she worked closely with several faculty members at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Dr. Daniel Webster served as a primary mentor and dissertation advisor. Dr. Whitehill was also inducted into the Delta Omega Honor Society Alpha Chapter.