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LCI Annual Meeting 2025

LCI 2025 Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Angela Scott

Angela Scott M.D, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the UAMS Department of Pediatrics with a joint appointment in the Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin, her medical degree and her doctorate in the Medical Humanities at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston prior to residency training in pediatrics at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. After practicing general pediatrics for several years, she came to UAMS for fellowship training in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and joined the faculty in 2016.

In addition to her clinical work, which focuses mainly on autism spectrum disorders, she is heavily involved in undergraduate medical education as director of the Practice of Medicine I course. She also teaches several senior electives, including Literature & Medicine and Art & Medicine, as well as the Humanities Honors Track. Dr Scott is a 2022 Fellow of the Art Museum-Based Health Professions program through the Harvard Macy Institute, and since participating in that program has designed & implemented several additional humanities and museum-based activities for a wide array of trainees, including pediatric residents and students across colleges through the UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education.

Shultz Travel Award Application

Professional staff funding is available through the Shultz Travel Award for Professional Staff. We know that it can be difficult for staff to fund professional development for a national conference. The award will provide up to $500 reimbursement for travel/hotel costs to attend the annual meeting for up to two staff attendees. Specifically, the award will be given as a reimbursement for individual out of pocket expenses and more details will be provided to the awardees.

Award details:

The LCI Administrative and Professional Staff committee will select up to two professional staff each year to receive the award.
Priority will be given to staff participating as workshop, poster, or research presenters; and staff who have financial support from their institution.
Recipients from LCI member institutions preferred.
Award funds may be used toward any travel expenses, as deemed necessary by the recipient.

The application is available here and due no later than Friday, August 15, 2025 at 5pm (PST). Award decisions will be announced the last week of August.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Kathi Pauli (kathryn.pauli@unlv.edu) or Alex Atkinson (alex.atkinson@belmont.edu), the LCI Administrative Committee Co-Chairs.