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Wendy Lichtenthal

Assisting Attending Psychologist · Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health

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History

Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health
Present

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2008–2011
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
2002–2006

Research

Meaning-centered group psychotherapy: an effective intervention for improving psychological well-being in patients with advanced cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2015 · Last of 6 authors · 368 citations
Pilot randomized controlled trial of individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for patients with advanced cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2012 · 286 citations
Individual meaning-centered psychotherapy for the treatment of psychological and existential distress: A randomized controlled trial in patients with advanced cancer
Cancer · 2018 · 255 citations

KR
Kailey Roberts
26 papers
WB
William Breitbart
26 papers
Allison Applebaum
13 papers
DK
David Kissane
8 papers
CC
Corinne Catarozoli
6 papers · 5 as a resident
Madeline Rogers
6 papers
Lindsay Lief
4 papers
Rebecca Saracino
4 papers · 2 as a resident
Susan Vaughan
4 papers
Talia Zaider
4 papers · 1 as a resident
Cynthia Pan
3 papers
David Berlin
3 papers

Grants

Empowering Parents of Critically Ill Children: A Multi-Site Evaluation of the EMPOWER-PICU Intervention
National Institute of Nursing Research · R01
PI · $803.9K · Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
2026–2031
Meaning-Centered Grief Therapy for Parents Bereaved by Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial
National Institute of Nursing Research · R01
Contact PI · $3.3M · University of Miami School of Medicine
2021–2027
A Multisite Randomized Controlled Trial of EMPOWER for Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients
National Institute of Nursing Research · R01
PI · $3.2M · Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
2022–2027
Impact of Parental Bereavement on Social Connection, Isolation, and Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · R21
Contact PI · $434.6K · University of Miami School of Medicine
2024–2026

Clinical trials

A Clinical Trial of Interventions to Support Family Surrogates of Critically Ill Patients
Principal investigator · Recruiting · Phase 2
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
2022–2027
Evaluation of Grief Therapy Approaches for Bereaved Parents
Principal investigator · Recruiting
University of Miami
2022–2027
Decision-making Regarding Prophylactic Mastectomy and Oophorectomy in Women Seeking Genetic Counseling and Testing for BRCA1/2 Mutations
Principal investigator · Completed
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2003–2019