2008 Idaho Conference on Health Care
Peter A. Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP
Peter A. Lichtenberg, Ph.D., ABPP is the Director of The Institute of Gerontology and a Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne State University. He received his bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St. Louis, and his Master’s and doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University. After his internship he completed a post doctoral fellowship in geriatric neuropsychology at the University Of Virginia Medical School where he also became a faculty member. A clinician and researcher throughout his career Dr. Lichtenberg has made contributions to the practice of psychology across a variety of areas including in long term care, in medical rehabilitation with those suffering from late life depression, and age-related dementias. In 1997 he was awarded a Diplomate in Rehabilitation Psychology.
He is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America. He has won numerous national and local awards including the Early Career Award in Rehabilitation Psychology (1996), The outstanding achievement award from the national network Psychologists in Long Term Care (1999); The Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award and the Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award from Wayne State University (2001); The Alzheimer’s Advocate Award by the Michigan State Council for Alzheimer’s Disease (2002), and the Harry Kelly Award for his leadership in Gerontology (2005). Most recently he served as Chair of the APA Committee on Aging (2008), on the APA Presidential Task Force on Integrated Care for an Aging Population (2007) and Chair of the Behavioral and Social Science Section of the Gerontological Society of America (2007)., Dr. Lichtenberg has been the Director of the Institute of Gerontology for the past 10 years and serves on a number of national, state and local boards relevant to aging in our society.