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Dr Alan Godfrey

Associate Professor

Department: Computer and Information Sciences

Dr Godfrey is lead for his departments Digital Health & Wellbeing research group. He was UoA11 Deputy lead for REF2021. He is Head of Degree Apprenticeships for his Department. He received his BEng in electronic engineering and PhD in biomedical electronics from the University of Limerick, Ireland. He also holds the MBA from Newcastle University. 

His major research interests are in wearable technology and algorithms for data science and analytics in healthcare. This includes areas of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, data mining and multidimensional signal processing. He has published well over 100 papers on those topics in various engineering and medical journals from a portfolio of translational-based research. He serves as Deputy Editor for npj/Nature Digital Medicine, Editor for Maturitas and Associate Editor for Journal of NeuroEngineering & Rehabilitation. He was previously an International Advisory board member for Physiological Measurement.

Dr Godfrey is a Member of the Institution Engineering Technology (MIET) and Senior Member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (SMIEEE). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Alan Godfrey

Campus Address

Room 307
CiS Building


Bioinformatics, Connected Health, Healthcare Technology, Sports Technology, Wearable Systems

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Better understanding rehabilitation of motor symptoms: Insights from the use of wearables, Celik, Y., Wall, C., Moore, J., Godfrey, A. 19 Feb 2025, In: Pragmatic and Observational Research
  • Contextualising free-living gait with computer vision, Moore, J., Godfrey, A. 1 Mar 2025, In: Maturitas
  • Digital measurement of ocular microtremor in Parkinson’s Disease: Protocol for a pilot study to assess reliability and clinical validation, Graham, L., Vitorio, R., Walker, R., Godfrey, A., Morris, R., Stuart, S. 8 Jan 2025, In: PLoS One
  • Smart clothing for human movement analysis: future application in sport and clinical practice, Mason, R., Barry, G., Vitorio, R., Lennon, O., Robinson, H., O'Callaghan, B., Morris, R., Godfrey, A., Stuart, S. 1 Feb 2025, In: Expert Review of Medical Devices
  • The Views of Healthcare Professionals on iFall, a Smartphone Application for Falls Reporting in Parkinson’s Disease: A Qualitative Study, Kelly, M., Naisby, J., Wales, J., Webster, E., Standerline, G., Barry, G., Amjad, A., Moore, J., Ratcliffe, N., Godfrey, A., Morris, R. 1 Feb 2025, In: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
  • Towards context-aware free-living digital biomarkers for gait assessment, Moore, J., Stuart, S., McMeekin, P., Walker, R., Godfrey, A. 20 Feb 2025, Locomotion and Posture in Older Adults, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
  • Wearable Sensors for Balance, Gait, and Mobility, Wall, C., McMeekin, P., Walker, R., Godfrey, A. 17 Jan 2025, Gait, Balance and Mobility Analysis, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier
  • Wearable technologies for observing disorders of movement: Providing key insights on treatment effects in the real world, Celik, Y., Wall, C., Moore, J., Godfrey, A. 19 Mar 2025, In: Pragmatic and Observational Research

Conor Wall CuePD: Investigating the Effect of Personalised Auditory Cueing on Gait in Parkinson's Disease Start Date: 01/10/2022

  • Business Administration MBA August 31 2017
  • Electronics PhD November 06 2008
  • Engineering BEng June 28 2004
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA


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