Name: Lynn Snyder-Mackler
Title: Alumni Distinguished Professor
Academic Director Graduate Program in Biomechanics and Movement Science

Contact Info: Physical Therapy, 309 McKinly Lab; 302 831 3613; smack@udel.edu

Education:
Johns Hopkins University, Quantitative Studies, BA 1978
University of Pennsylvania, Physical Therapy, Cert. 1980
University of Pennsylvania, Organizational Dynamics, MS 1984
Boston University, Applied Anatomy and Physiology, Sc.D. 1990

Experience:
2006 to present Alumni Distinguished Professor, Department Physical Therapy
2004 to present Director, Biomechanics and Movement Sciences Graduate Program
1989 to 2006 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Department Physical Therapy, University of Delaware
1986 to 1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Boston University, Sargent College of Allied Health Professions, Boston, MA
1984 to 1986 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Temple University, College of Allied Health Professions, Philadelphia, PA

Brief Biography:
Dr. Snyder-Mackler is an internationally recognized clinician and clinical researcher in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation. She is a Board Certified Sports Physical Therapist who maintains an active Sports Physical Therapy practice at the University of Delaware and serves as a rehabilitation consultant to collegiate, amateur and professional teams. She served as Head Trainer for the beach volleyball venue at the 1996 (Centennial) Olympic Games in Atlanta. She concentrates her clinical practice and research in the areas of knee and shoulder rehabilitation, and electrical stimulation of muscle. She has authored many research publications in the areas of knee and shoulder rehabilitation and neuromuscular electrical stimulation and regularly speaks to national international audiences on these topics. She was named a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the American Physical Therapy Association in 2003. Her research has won several major awards helping patients and practitioners and answering critical questions in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation.