Division 55 President

Elizabeth A. Lonning, PsyD, MSCP

Elizabeth A. Lonning, PsyD, MSCP, began her college education at the University of Iowa, where she received her bachelor’s degree and remains a Hawkeye fan. She received her master’s degree from South Dakota State University in Brookings, SD. Her Doctor of Psychology degree was earned from the University of Northern Colorado in August 1993. Since that time, she has resided and practiced in Davenport, Iowa. She and several colleagues created Psychology Health Group, a group of independent practitioners, in May 1997. She now is sole owner and a practicing psychologist there. She completed her postdoctoral master’s degree in clinical psychopharmacology from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2010.

During her time in Iowa, Lonning has served on the Executive Council of the Iowa Psychological Association (IPA) in many leadership roles over a period of 25+ years, including president of IPA in 2002. She is currently chair of the Psychopharmacology Education Committee and the first Director of Professional Affairs for IPA. In her role as chair of the RxP Committee for IPA, she led the effort to pass legislation in 2016 allowing appropriately trained psychologists to have prescriptive authority in Iowa, just the fourth state to obtain this authority. She also went back to the legislature in 2023 and successfully removed some of the barriers and restrictions in the original law. 

Lonning has served on the Board of Directors for Division 55 as a member-at-large, is co-secretary for the Training Director Council for Division 55 and recently completed her term as co-chair of APA’s RxP Designation Committee. She is also a fellow of APA and Division 55. She has received the Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award from APA, the Outstanding Psychologist in a SPTA award from Division 31 (SPTA Affairs) and the Outstanding State Contribution Award from Division 55 (Society for Prescribing Psychology).

V. Page Haviland, PhD, MSCP

Virginia Page Haviland PhD, MSCP, began her college education at California State University, Fullerton where she completed her undergraduate and master’s in general psychology. She completed her second master’s and PhD in clinical psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, LA campus. She completed her APA accredited internship as an active-duty Navy psychologist at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda MD (now Walter Reed Army Medical Center). During her time in the Navy, she served active-duty members and their dependent at the Navy Air Warfare Center in Patuxent River Maryland. She then went on to act as clinical director for the Navy’s largest inpatient drug, alcohol, and weight program in Jacksonville, Florida. She was the first Navy psychologist to earn Naval Aviator Observer Wings and operated in flight status much of her time in the Navy. Following her time in the Navy, she joined an international consulting firm where she coached leadership, developed succession plans, and did due diligence prior to acquisitions and mergers in both the U.S. and Europe. She eventually moved with family to Idaho and spent the next 20 years in private practice working with veterans and presurgical candidates.

During her time in Idaho, she held leadership positions in the Idaho Psychological Association, ultimately serving as president in 2017. During this year, Idaho successfully passed legislation allowing properly trained psychologists to prescribe psychotropic medication. She was awarded the Karl Heiser Presidential award for advocacy. She continued to work on the advocacy committee, as well as serve as liaison between IPA and Idaho State University in the creation of an MSCP program. She was in the first graduating class of ISU’s MSCP program. 

She was hired by Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in 2022 to work as a prescribing psychologist in their comprehensive pain and spine clinics. She remains active in the Idaho Psychological Association’s advocacy committee and is President-elect of Division 55 of APA.

Lynette Pujol, PhD, MSCP, ABRxP

Lynette Pujol, PhD, MSCP, ABRxP (she/her/hers), is a licensed clinical and prescribing psychologist and board certified in psychopharmacological psychology, who provides clinical services and pharmacotherapy to active-duty service members. She is deputy director of the MSCP program at Fairleigh Dickinson University and is an adjunct professor in the program. Pujol has served Division 55 as a member-at-large, chair of the Research Council, and vice chair of the ABPP Committee. She is founding vice president of the American Board of Psychopharmacological Psychology. In her home state of Texas, she is active in the RxP Division, working to obtain prescriptive authority in TX. She is the recipient of Major Eduardo Caraveo National Service Award for work with underserved populations and the Educator of the Year award from the Society for Prescribing Psychology (Division 55) of APA. 

Pujol is fellowship-trained in behavioral medicine. She previously held faculty positions in anesthesiology and psychiatry in a large medical school and provided clinical and research services in the outpatient pain management center. She has been faculty in two pain medicine fellowship programs. She has been the primary investigator or co-investigator on studies involving spinal cord stimulation, functional restoration, diabetes prevention, sleep, and treatment of suicidal concerns. She has published articles in The Tablet and has presented at national and state conferences.