Dr Xinshan Li

School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Senior Lecturer

Xinshan Li
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xinshan.li@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 7786
Sir Frederick Mappin Building

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Dr Xinshan Li
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
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Dr Xinshan (Shannon) Li obtained her PhD in Bioengineering from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute in 2011. Her thesis focused on the biomechanics of pelvic floor muscles during childbirth.

Xinshan joined the Department of Computer Science at the University of Sheffield in 2011, working on cell-based modelling for skin inflammation in collaboration with P&G. In 2013, Xinshan joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a lecturer.

Xinshan's main research interest is in continuum modelling of the musculoskeletal system. She has extensive experience in creating computer models of bones and skeletal muscles based on medical images. These models are used in a wide range of applications from investigating children’s bone mechanics, to predicting the risk of fracture in elderly, and obstetrics and gynaecology.

Research interests
  • Biomechanics of paediatric bone in the application of child abuse
  • Risk of fracture prediction in adults using finite element approach
  • Biomechanics of the female pelvic floor muscles and the cervix
Publications

Books

  • (2022) . Springer International Publishing.
  • Nielsen PMF, Nash MP, Miller K, Wittek A & Li X (2022) Preface.

Journal articles

  • Gibson FG, Paggiosi MA, Handforth C, Brown JE, Li X, Dall'Ara E & Verbruggen SW (2025) . Bone, 195.
  • Henson WH, Li X, Lin Z, Guo L, Mazzá C & Dall’Ara E (2024) . PLOS ONE, 19(4).
  • Li J, Viceconti M, Li X, Bhattacharya P, Naimark DMJ & Osseyran A (2023) . MDM Policy & Practice, 8(2).
  • Altai Z, Montefiori E & Li X (2023) . Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), MIMB 2716, 335-349.
  • Sadeghian SM, Arthurs OJ, Li X, Lewis CL & Shefelbine SJ (2023) . HSS Journal®: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery, 19(4), 418-427.
  • Benemerito I, Griffiths W, Allsopp J, Furnass W, Bhattacharya P, Li X, Marzo A, Wood S, Viceconti M & Narracott A (2021) . Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 208.
  • Taylor M, Viceconti M, Bhattacharya P & Li X (2021) . Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 118.
  • Altai Z, Montefiori E, van Veen B, A. Paggiosi M, McCloskey EV, Viceconti M, Mazzà C & Li X (2021) . PLoS ONE, 16(2).
  • Winsor C, Li X, Qasim M, Henak CR, Pickhardt PJ, Ploeg H & Viceconti M (2021) . Bone, 143.
  • Barbone AS, Li X, Arabin B, Kira Y, Jani JC & Cannie MM (2020) . Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 55(4), 557-558.
  • Anumba DOC, Gillespie S, Jha S, Abdi S, Kruger J, Taberner A, Nielsen PMF & Li X (2020) . International Urogynecology Journal, 31(3), 567-575.
  • Altai Z, Viceconti M, Li X & Offiah AC (2020) . Clinical Radiology, 75(1), 78.e9-78.e16.
  • Altai Z, Qasim M, Li X & Viceconti M (2019) . Clinical Biomechanics, 68, 137-143.
  • Altai Z, Viceconti M, Offiah AC & Li X (2018) . Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 17(4), 1001-1009.
  • Viceconti M, Qasim M, Bhattacharya P & Li X (2018) . Current Osteoporosis Reports.
  • Viceconti M, Qasim M, Bhattacharya P & Li X (2018) . Current Osteoporosis Reports, 16(3), 216-223.
  • Yan X, Kruger JA, Li X, Nielsen PMF & Nash MP (2016) . Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology and Medicine, 8(6), 506-516.
  • Scarton A, Sawacha Z, Cobelli C & Li X (2016) . Medical Engineering & Physics, 38(6), 547-559.
  • Qasim M, Farinella G, Zhang J, Li X, Yang L, Eastell R & Viceconti M (2016) . Osteoporosis International, 27(9), 2815-2822.
  • Li X, Viceconti M, Cohen MC, Reilly GC, Carre MJ & Offiah AC (2015) . Journal of Biomechanics, 48(10), 2034-2040.
  • Chen Y, Pani M, Taddei F, Mazza C, Li X & Viceconti M (2014) . Journal Of Biomechanical Engineering, 136(10).
  • Li X, Upadhyay AK, Bullock AJ, Dicolandrea T, Xu J, Binder RL, Robinson MK, Finlay DR, Mills KJ, Bascom CC , Kelling CK et al (2013) . Sci Rep, 3, 1904.
  • Li X, Kruger JA, Nash MP & Nielsen PMF (2011) . Biomech Model Mechanobiol, 10(4), 485-494.
  • Li X, Kruger JA, Nash MP & Nielsen PMF (2010) . J Biomech Eng, 132(11), 111010.
  • Li X, Kruger JA, Nash MP & Nielsen PMF (2010) . Wiley Interdiscip Rev Syst Biol Med, 2(4), 460-470.
  • Li X, Kruger JA, Nash MP & Nielsen PMF (2010) , 129-137.
  • Li X, Kruger JA, Chung JH, Nash MP & Nielsen PMF (2008) . Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging Proceedings of SPIE, 6916.
  • Li X, Kruger JA, Chung J-H, Nash MP & Nielsen PMF (2008) . Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv, 11(Pt 2), 750-757.
  • Castro APG, Altai Z, Offiah AC, Shelmerdine SC, Arthurs OJ, Li X & Lacroix D () . PLoS ONE, 14(6).

Book chapters

  • Kruger JA, Yan X, Li X, Nielsen PMF & Nash MP (2016) , Biomechanics of the Female Pelvic Floor (pp. 367-382). Elsevier

Conference proceedings

  • Tartarini D, Benemerito I, Narracott A, Li X, Richmond P & Marzo A (2021) pFIRE: parallel Framework for Image REgistration. Compbiomed Conference 2021
  • Anumba DOC, Gillespie S, Jha S, Abdi S, Kruger J & Li X (2017) High Pelvic Floor Muscle Stiffness Measured by Vaginal Elastometry Is a Risk Factor for Delayed Second Stage of Labour, Instrumental Vaginal Delivery and Pelvic Floor Damage. REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES, Vol. 24 (pp 124A-124A)
  • Watton P, Gondwe C & Li X (2016) skeletal muscle mechanics: modelling the interaction between the microstructure and the environmental mechanical envelope. Proceedings of the 7th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering
  • Yan X, Kruger J, Li X, Nash M & Nielsen P (2013) MODELLING EFFECT OF BONY PELVIS ON CHILDBIRTH MECHANICS. NEUROUROLOGY AND URODYNAMICS, Vol. 32(6) (pp 531-532)

Datasets

  • Tai ZA, Viceconti M, Li X & Offiah A .
  • Tai ZA, Viceconti M, Offiah A & Li X .
  • Tai ZA, Montefiori E, Veen BV, Paggiosi M, McCloskey E, Viceconti M, Mazza C & Li X .