Kathi Pauli (Medicine), director of learning communities and manager of well-being and integrative medicine, was nominated by Dr. Aftab Merchant and Ann Diggins and has received the Susan Shultz Award for Professional Staff at the 2025 Learning Communities Institute (LCI) National Meeting.

This award recognizes outstanding professional staff contributions to learning communities nationally. Kathi’s leadership in launching and sustaining the school of medicine's Learning Communities program, along with her work in student well-being, earned this well-deserved honor.