Tzu-Chieh (Jennifer) Liao, PT, PhD

Dr. Liao is a biomechanist and physical therapist with expertise in lower extremity biomechanics. She received her Ph.D. in Biokinesiology from University of Southern California in 2017. Her doctoral dissertation was titled “The influence of tibiofemoral kinematics and kinetics on patella cartilage stress: a comparison of recreational runners with and without patellofemoral pain.” She is currently a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Musculoskeletal Quantitative Imaging Research Group in the UCSF Department of Radiology. Her research interest lies in identifying the biomechanical factors contributing to musculoskeletal pathology, quantifying disease development and progression through advanced imaging, and with an exploration of the efficacy of the treatment. She is currently involved in projects that evaluate the natural etiology of hip osteoarthritis and the development of knee osteoarthritis following anterior cruciate ligament surgery.