Leila Amiri
Dean for Admissions
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
PRONOUNS She/Her
- Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction, National (Northcentral) University
- M.A., Cognitive & Neural Science, University of South Florida
- B.S., Biology, University of South Florida
Department of Psychiatry
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Areas of expertise
Fair and merit-based admissions, medical school admissions, professional identity formation, emotional intelligence, physician well-being and burnout, restorative justice in academic medicine, medical education curriculum design, faculty development, scientific literacy, socioscientific issues (SSI), guided imagery and stress reduction interventions, multiple mini-interviews (MMI), qualitative and mixed-methods research in medical education.
BIO
Leila Amiri is Dean for Admissions and a faculty member at the University of Vermont's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, where she leads the admissions office and champions fair admissions practices. Her scholarship focuses on professional identity formation, emotional intelligence in medical education, and innovative approaches to assessing and supporting applicants and learners throughout the medical education continuum. Her recent work includes research on guided imagery interventions for medical school interview day performance, the design of emotional intelligence curricula for practicing physicians, and scholarship on restorative justice approaches in academic medicine. Amiri also maintains a strong interest in scientific literacy and in using socioscientific issues (SSI) as a framework for engaging learners with the societal, ethical, and policy dimensions of science. Across her work, she bridges operational leadership in admissions with faculty development and education research, with a sustained commitment to equity, mission-aligned recruitment, and the human dimensions of becoming a physician.
Bio
Leila Amiri is Dean for Admissions and a faculty member at the University of Vermont's Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine, where she leads the admissions office and champions fair admissions practices. Her scholarship focuses on professional identity formation, emotional intelligence in medical education, and innovative approaches to assessing and supporting applicants and learners throughout the medical education continuum. Her recent work includes research on guided imagery interventions for medical school interview day performance, the design of emotional intelligence curricula for practicing physicians, and scholarship on restorative justice approaches in academic medicine. Amiri also maintains a strong interest in scientific literacy and in using socioscientific issues (SSI) as a framework for engaging learners with the societal, ethical, and policy dimensions of science. Across her work, she bridges operational leadership in admissions with faculty development and education research, with a sustained commitment to equity, mission-aligned recruitment, and the human dimensions of becoming a physician.