Morris, who joined the Larner faculty in 2014, currently serves as residency program director in the Department of Family Medicine. She has served as chair of the Family Medicine Credentials Committee, a member of the Family Medicine Faculty Leadership Advisory Council and the Family Medicine Senior Leadership Council, and she is active in the Recruitment, Research, Scholarship, and Reappointment, Promotion, and Tenure Committees. A valued leader in medical advocacy, she is a board member for the Vermont Academy of Family Physicians, where she currently serves as immediate-past president, and a board member of the Vermont Medical Society. She is a delegate for the State of Vermont at the American Academy of Family Physicians National Congress of Delegates. In addition to her roles at Larner, Morris is a family physician at Milton Family Practice, where she has worked for more than 10 years. 

Morris received her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and completed her family medicine residency training at the University of Vermont, where she served as chief resident. She has presented scholarly work both regionally and nationally, with a focus on graduate medical education, including curriculum, development, and residency wellness. She is currently involved in three medical education scholarly projects focused on, respectively, assessing the impact of AI ambient virtual scribe technology on residents; using individualized learning plans to integrate competency-based medical education into individualized resident electives; and an app-based evaluation to complete real-time direct observation assessments.

Encouraged by the Vermont Legislature, the Larner College of Medicine established the Office of Primary Care (OPC) in 1993 to focus its commitment to primary care in Vermont. The OPC and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) Program is focused on improving the health of Vermonters through developing, recruiting, and retaining a high-quality health care workforce. The AHEC Program Office at the Larner College of Medicine works collaboratively with two independent non-profit regional centers—the Northern Vermont AHEC and the Southern Vermont AHEC—which bring the voice of the community to our college, and vice versa.

Morris succeeds MacLean, who will step down as associate dean for primary care after serving in this role since 2008. During his tenure, MacLean has collaborated with faculty and staff to create and grow the AHEC Scholars Program, develop Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), and expand outreach to our community. He has supervised many medical student projects, often resulting in presentations and publications. He has also helped develop the research capabilities of colleagues through mentoring, faculty development programs, and his work with the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research program. Throughout his 35-year tenure in the UVM Health Network he has also served as a primary care physician in Essex.