During Steven Z. George’s introduction as the 2022 Branch Lecturer, it was shared that Dr. George had recently received the 2022 Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Congratulations, Dr. George, on this outstanding recognition.
Considered one of the profession’s highest honors, The Williams award is given annually to a member of the APTA who has outstanding basic clinical and/or educational research that pertains to physical therapy and makes a meaningful contribution to the scientific basis of physical therapy, has published scientific studies with sufficient frequency in appropriate scientific and/or professional publications, has presented his/her scientific studies orally with sufficient frequency to the appropriate audiences, and has demonstrated continuity of professional commitment to physical therapy.
This nomination was spearheaded by the Section on Research (APTA), Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley (University of Colorado), Anthony Delitto (Pitt), and Kathleen Sluka (University of Iowa) who summarized Dr. George’s accomplishments as “By any measure, Dr. George represents the best in research in physical therapy and certainly more than fulfills the general criteria of the Williams Award. Since the early 2000s, Professor George boasts close to 300 publications, many of which were published in the more prestigious journals in rehabilitation. His publications also bridge into the field of pain research and include some of the most prestigious medical journals. His Google Scholar H- index is listed at 68 with over 15,000 citations (accessed 10/14/2021), indeed putting his record among the most prolific of PT scholars. Steve has been continuously funded as a principal investigator (PI) from NIH for over 15 years. His grants include investigator-initiated R-01, R-21, R-03, and UG3/UH3 awards from the National Institutes of Health, considered the gold standard of peer review. Indeed, his success at NIH puts him in very rarified air in comparison to his physical therapy peers.”
Congratulations on this outstanding recognition, Steve!