AMIT KUMAR

Technical Expert Panel Member

American Physical Therapy Association The Jack Walker Award honors an author or team whose published study in the association's Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Journal (PTJ) presents novel and innovative research related to patient care and advance clinical science, as it pertains to the physical therapy profession.

Volunteering and serving disadvantaged population

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine This award is given in memory of Deborah L. Wilkerson, former ACRM president and fellow. Deborah was devoted to improving the quality of rehabilitation and independent living services. She demonstrated a commitment to person-centered services and served as a powerful advocate for individuals with disabilities.

The APTA Geriatrics Excellence in Research award seeks to recognize one outstanding researcher who has contributed to science and has been published in a peer-reviewed journal in the field of geriatrics and/or gerontology. The purpose of the award is to recognize research conducted by a physical therapist and relevant to geriatric physical therapy research and disseminated in aging research. The researcher is recognized for the perceived impact of the published report on future research, education, clinical practice, or a combination of these areas.

American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. This award honors Sidney Licht, MD, a longtime ACRM member and former president, and his wife Elizabeth, who was the publisher of the Physical Medicine Library. The Elizabeth and Sidney Licht Award recognizes excellence in scientific writing in rehabilitation medicine. Only articles presenting potentially significant empirical and theoretical contributions to rehabilitation medicine, and demonstrating soundness of methodology and data analysis are considered for the award

This award encourages the publication of outstanding physical therapy research articles, including both foundational and clinical research impacting practice and patient care. (This was previously known as the Chattanooga Research Award.)