Past Foundation Funding Recipients Recognized by 2025 APTA Honors & Awards Program

Every year, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) recognizes and celebrates members for their work in advancing the physical therapy profession. APTA’s Honors and Awards Program celebrates outstanding achievements in the areas of overall accomplishment, education, practice and service, publications, research, and academic excellence.

This year, 12 Foundation funding recipients were among those to receive APTA Honors & Awards.

Chris Powers, PT, PhD, FAPTA, a current Foundation Trustee and past funding recipient, received the Mary McMillan Lecture Award and will deliver the 57^th Mary McMillan Lecture at APTA CSM 2026 in Anaheim, California. This award recognizes his exemplary contributions to research, education, and advancing clinical practice.

The following recipients received APTA’s highest honor, the Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association. This honor is eligible to members who have shown unwavering efforts to advance the physical therapy profession for more than 15 years.

• Kristin R. Archer, PT, DPT, PhD – 2011 Magistro Family Foundation Research Grant
• Bernadette Gillick, PT, MSPT, PhD – 2014 Magistro Family Foundation Research Grant, and 2010 and 2009 doctoral studies scholarship
• Anne D. Kloos, PT, PhD, BSPT – 1996, 1995, and 1994 Doctoral Training Research Grant
• Vicki S. Mercer, PT, PhD – 1993 Doctoral Training Research Grants

Past funding recipients also received the following awards:

Lucy Blair Service Award

• Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, MPT, PhD, FAPTA – 2007 Foundation Research Grant, and 2000 doctoral studies scholarship

Helen Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature

• Darcy Schwartz Reisman, PT, PhD, FAPTA – 1999 Mary McMillan Doctoral Scholarship

Eugene Michels New Investigator Award

• Jacob J. Capin, PT, DPT, PhD, MS – 2018 and 2017 doctoral studies scholarship
• Rogelio A. Coronado, PT, MPT, PhD – 2014 Orthopaedic Research Grant

Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy

• Gregory E. Hicks, PT, PhD, FAPTA – funding support for NIH R25 research grant

Jules M. Rothstein Golden Pen Award for Scientific Writing

• Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley, PT, MPT, PhD, FAPTA – 2007 Foundation Research Grant, and 2000 doctoral studies scholarship

Dorothy E. Baethke-Eleanor J. Carlin Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching

• Anne Kilpatrick Lorio, PT, DPT – 2022 doctoral studies scholarship

Outstanding Research Award

• Shawn Farrokhi, PT, PhD – 2009, 2008, 2006, and 2005 doctoral studies scholarship