46th Mary McMillan Lecture: Not Eureka.

Abstract

Lynn Snyder-Mackler, PT, PhD, ScD, ATC, SCS, FAPTA, for more than 25 years, has been a leader in developing evidence-based approaches for the rehabilitation of knee injuries, educating new physical therapy professionals and mentoring future rehabilitation scientists. She has received almost all of APTA's distinguished awards and is an international leader in physical therapy. Holding several positions and appointments at the University of Delaware, Dr Snyder-Mackler is Alumni Distinguished Professor of Physical Therapy, Academic Director of the Delaware Physical Therapy Clinic, Faculty Athletics Representative, and Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering. She is also a visiting researcher for the Norwegian Research Center for Active Rehabilitation. Dr Snyder-Mackler earned a bachelor of arts from Johns Hopkins University, a certificate in physical therapy and a master of science in organizational behavior from the University of Pennsylvania, and an ScD in applied anatomy and physiology from Boston University. Named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow in 2003, Dr Snyder-Mackler has earned many other APTA honors, including the Eugene Michels New Investigator Award, Golden Pen Award, Chattanooga Research Award, Marian Williams Award, Helen J. Hislop Award, Orthopaedic Section Steven J. Rose Award, and Section on Research John H.P. Maley Award. I thank President Rockar and the Board of Directors for honoring me (Fig. 1). While I may be in doubt that I deserve this honor over others, there is no question of my happiness in receiving it. We in Delaware have had a tough couple of weeks. Steve Cope, who used his innovative harness systems to give mobility to those with disabilities, whose test kitchen was our new University of Delaware physical therapy home at STAR Campus, died after a very brief illness on May 20. Our colleague and friend, Seema Sonnad, a world-renowned health services researcher who codirected the Value Institute at Christiana Care in Delaware, …