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 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 is in algorithms for data science and analytics in healthcare. This includes areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining and multidimensional signal processing. He has published 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 Maturitias and Associate Editor for Journal of NeuroEngineering & Rehabilitation. He is 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).

Campus Address

Room 307
CiS Building

Email Alan

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

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

Key Publications

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Considerations for integrating wearables into the everyday healthcare practice, Powell, D., Godfrey, A. 22 Apr 2023, In: npj Digital Medicine
Enhancing Free-Living Fall Risk Assessment: Contextualizing Mobility Based IMU Data, Moore, J., Stuart, S., McMeekin, P., Walker, R., Celik, Y., Pointon, M., Godfrey, A. 12 Jan 2023, In: Sensors
Innovation and Technology in Sports, Omar, S., Hassan, M., Casson, A., Godfrey, A., Majeed, . Apr 2023
Internet-of-Things-Enabled Markerless Running Gait Assessment from a Single Smartphone Camera, Young, F., Mason, R., Morris, R., Stuart, S., Godfrey, A. 7 Jan 2023, In: Sensors
IoT-enabled gait assessment: The next step for habitual monitoring, Young, F., Mason, R., Morris, R., Stuart, S., Godfrey, A. 19 Apr 2023, In: Sensors
Personalised and sustainable IEQ monitoring: Use of multi-modal and pervasive technologies, Coulby, G., Clear, A., Jones, O., Godfrey, A. 10 Mar 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Sensor Integration for Gait Analysis, Celik, Y., Vitório, R., Powell, D., Moore, J., Young, F., Coulby, G., Tung, J., Nouredanesh, M., Ellis, R., Izmailova, E., Stuart, S., Godfrey, A. 1 Jan 2023, Encyclopedia of Sensors and Biosensors, Elsevier
Technological solution for the assessment and rehabilitation of visuo-cognition in Parkinson’s disease, Das, J., Morris, R., Barry, G., Celik, Y., Godfrey, A., McDonald, C., Walker, R., Vitório, R., Stuart, S. 3 Apr 2023, In: Expert Review of Medical Devices

Professional Activity

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Other: A range of perspectives for concussion management in men’s rugby union 2021

PGR Supervision

Conor Wall Multimodality in healthcare: The role of AI and digital biomarkers (Multi-Bio) Start Date: 01/10/2022
Dylan Powell Exploring use of wearables in the management of mild traumatic brain injury Start Date: 01/10/2019 End Date: 24/03/2023
Graham Coulby Personalised Environmental Monitoring Building of Occupants: Integration of Scalable Technologies Start Date: 12/04/2019 End Date: 23/12/2022
Jason Moore Deep Learning Approach to Video Based Terrain Classification Start Date: 01/10/2021
Fraser Young Towards a multi-modal, low-cost approach to gait assessment Start Date: 01/09/2020
Dylan Powell WEARABLES AS OBJECTIVE TOOLS IN THE MONITORING OF SPORTS RELATED CONCUSSION Start Date: 01/10/2019 End Date: 18/01/2022
Yunus Celik Instrumenting gait in neurological disorders: Multi-modal approach using wearables Start Date: 01/10/2019
Graham Coulby Monitoring Building Occupants for Personalised Health and Wellbeing: Integration of Scalable Technologies Start Date: 12/04/2019 End Date: 24/09/2021

Qualifications

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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