Dr Alan Godfrey

Associate Professor

School: Computer Science

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).

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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A prospective analysis of falls in Parkinson’s Disease: Does physical capacity moderate the relationship between walking amount and falls rates?, McArdle, R., Alcock, L., Hunter, H., Galna, B., Godfrey, A., Lawson, R., Del Din, S., Yarnall, A., Klenk, J., Rochester, L. 11 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Parkinson's Disease
Multi-modal gait assessment in Parkinson's Disease: A pilot study examining the impact of terrain and environment, Celik, Y., Pearson-Noseworthy, L., Das, J., Stuart, S., Woo, W., Godfrey, A. 6 Jan 2026, In: Gait and Posture
Parkinson’s disease gait rehabilitation at scale: Insights on personalised smartphone-based music cueing, Wall, C., Sacre, A., McMeekin, P., Walker, R., Hetherington, V., Celik, Y., Vitório, R., Morris, R., Godfrey, A. 5 Jan 2026, In: PLoS One
Too many bits: tackling the waste epidemic in digital medicine, Wall, C., Li Stange, L., Solba, H., Gillespie, B., Parks, D., Godfrey, A. 21 Jan 2026, In: npj Digital Medicine
Artificial Intelligence Approaches in Sport, Young, F., Godfrey, A. 29 Sep 2025, Routledge Handbook of Sports Technology and Engineering, London, United Kingdom, Routledge
A scalable and personal approach to gait rehabilitation beyond the clinic, Wall, C., McMeekin, P., Hetherington, V., Morris, R., Vitório, R., Walker, R., Godfrey, A. 1 Aug 2025, In: Expert Systems with Applications
Better Understanding Rehabilitation of Motor Symptoms: Insights from the Use of Wearables, Celik, Y., Wall, C., Moore, J., Godfrey, A. 19 Mar 2025, In: Pragmatic and Observational Research

Current and Recent Projects

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Northern Health Futures Hub, Wilson, R. (Principal Investigator), Godfrey, A. (Co Investigator), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 01/10/23 - 30/09/26, £256,044.00

Professional Activity

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

PGR Supervision

Conor Wall CuePD: Investigating the Effect of Personalised Auditory Cueing on Gait in Parkinson's Disease Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 01/10/2025