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From Improved Understanding to Clinical Prediction: How We Model the Human Neuromusculoskeletal System
24 October 2025
Our in-person meeting will be in held in Classroom 1 on level 3 UCT HPALS, SSISA blg, Boundary Rd, Newlands. HPALS members can also join us online using MS Teams
Join us this Friday 24th of October:
From Improved Understanding to Clinical Prediction: How We Model the Human Neuromusculoskeletal System
A/Prof Ziyun Ding will talk about the latest advancements in musculoskeletal modelling techniques, integrating with inverse simulation, forward simulation and AI, aiming to provide valuable biomechanics insights during locomotion and predictive clinical outcome measures.
Dr Ziyun Ding is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering, University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on advancing our understanding of how muscle-tendon dynamics and neuro-musculoskeletal dynamics adapt to chronic conditions and ageing and translating this comprehensive understanding into innovative solutions for assistive technologies and interventional treatments, aiming to address current musculoskeletal healthcare challenges and ultimately improve global well-being and the economy. Since joining the University of Birmingham in 2019, her research has been supported by funding from the EPSRC, MRC, Royal Society and the NHS Trust. She was awarded her PhD in 2013 from the University of Liverpool and conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London between 2014 to 2019, supported by funding from the Centre for Blast Injury Studies.