Name:	Zong-Ming Li, PhD
Title:	Director of Hand Research Laboratory Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Associate Professor of Bioengineering Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy

Dr. Zong-Ming Li is currently an Associate Professor in the Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bioengineering, and Occupational Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the Director of the Hand Research Laboratory within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. He is also a Faculty Member at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Before joining University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Li was an Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and the Director of the Motor Function Laboratory at Walsh University in Ohio for 3 years from 1998 to 2001. Prior to coming to the United States, he was a researcher in Shanghai Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology in Rui Jin Hospital for 3 years from 1992 to 1995. Dr. Li earned his BSc in Engineering Mechanics from Southwest Jiaotong University and a MSc in Engineering Mechanics and Musculoskeletal Biomechanics from Chengdu University of Scienece and Techology in China. He received his PhD in Kinesiology/Biomechanics in 1998 from Penn State University. Dr. Li has broad research interests in biomechanics and motor control of the neuromusculoskeletal system. His clinical research focus is to utilize multidisciplinary approaches to study carpal tunnel syndrome. Current and prospective research areas include neuromuscular control of the hand and fingers, hand motor function, finger joint stiffness, kinematics and kinetics of the wrist, morphometry of the carpal tunnel, mechanics of the carpal tunnel, and molecular mechanisms of the transverse carpal ligament and the tenosynovium.

BSc (Engineering Mechanics), Southwest Jiaotong University, China, 1985-1989
MSc (Musculoskeletal Biomechanics), Sichuan University, China, 1989-1992
PhD (Kinesiology/Biomechanics), Penn State University, PA, 1995-1998

Hand Research Laboratory
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
E1641 Biomedical Science Tower
210 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
USA
Phone: 01 412 648 8704
Fax: 01 412 648 8548
Email: zmli@pitt.edu
http://www.pitt.edu/~zmli/handlab/li.htm