Professor Cara Lewis Receives APTA Eugene Michels New Investigator Award

Cara Lewis, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, has been honored with the 2016 Eugene Michels New Investigator Award from the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).

This award is given to an outstanding new investigator with a demonstrated commitment to a defined research theme. It recognizes independent or collaborative research activities, primary authorships in peer-reviewed journals, and outstanding accomplishments – including contributions that have an impact on the field of physical therapy.

Lewis is director of the Human Adaptation Lab at Boston University. Her scholarly interests include musculoskeletal causes of hip pain and biomechanical analysis of human movement. Funded by NIH, NIAMS, and Adicep Technologies, Lewis’ research includes assessing the effect of femoroacetabular impingement on hip motion in young adults and performing EMG analysis of muscle activity during weight bearing theraband exercise. She has been published in journals including Manual Therapy, Gait & Posture, and Journal of Biomechanics.

The award will be presented at the 2016 APTA NEXT Conference and Exposition in Nashville, Tennessee this June.