Tracy Lustig, D.P.M., M.P.H
Senior Program Officer
Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine)
Tract Lustig is a senior program officer with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine). Dr. Lustig was trained in podiatric medicine and surgery and spent several years in private practice. In 1999, she was awarded a congressional fellowship with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and spent one year working in the office of Ron Wyden of the U.S. Senate.
Dr. Lustig joined the Academies in 2004. Much of her work has focused on the health care workforce and the aging of the U.S. population. She was the study director for consensus studies on the geriatrics workforce, oral health, and ovarian cancer research. She also directed workshops on the allied health workforce, the use of telehealth to serve rural populations, assistive technologies, and hearing loss. In 2009, she staffed an Academies-wide initiative on the “Grand Challenges of an Aging Society” and subsequently helped to launch the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence, which she currently directs. Dr. Lustig is also currently the study director for a consensus study on the health and medical dimensions of social isolation and loneliness in older adults.
Dr. Lustig has a doctor of podiatric medicine degree from Temple University and a master of public health degree with a concentration in health policy from the George Washington University.
Senior Program Officer
Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine)
Tract Lustig is a senior program officer with the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine). Dr. Lustig was trained in podiatric medicine and surgery and spent several years in private practice. In 1999, she was awarded a congressional fellowship with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and spent one year working in the office of Ron Wyden of the U.S. Senate.
Dr. Lustig joined the Academies in 2004. Much of her work has focused on the health care workforce and the aging of the U.S. population. She was the study director for consensus studies on the geriatrics workforce, oral health, and ovarian cancer research. She also directed workshops on the allied health workforce, the use of telehealth to serve rural populations, assistive technologies, and hearing loss. In 2009, she staffed an Academies-wide initiative on the “Grand Challenges of an Aging Society” and subsequently helped to launch the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence, which she currently directs. Dr. Lustig is also currently the study director for a consensus study on the health and medical dimensions of social isolation and loneliness in older adults.
Dr. Lustig has a doctor of podiatric medicine degree from Temple University and a master of public health degree with a concentration in health policy from the George Washington University.
