Neil Reeves

Neil Reeves is Professor of Secure Health Technologies in the medical school at Lancaster University, UK.  His research is in digital health technology specifically focusing on the complications of diabetes: diabetic neuropathy, foot and lower limb health, and balance and gait impairment and has published ~180 papers on these topics.

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Neil has a strong research track-record with medical devices and digital health technologies and links this with cyber security. He led the first proof-of-concept clinical trial showing the efficacy of smart pressure-sensing insoles for diabetic foot ulcer prevention, published in the Lancet Digital Health. He led one of the first clinical trials showing the efficacy of vibrating insoles for improving gait and balance published in Diabetes Care. He co-developed (with Prof. Yap) a novel Artificial Intelligence-driven mobile app (FootSnap-AI) for diabetic foot screening and won the Oracle Innovator Accelerator Grant to scale-up and translate this towards clinical practice. His research also focusses on other therapeutic interventions for diabetic neuropathy including exercise for improving gait and balance in diabetes and reducing lower limb complications.

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Neil is a scientific committee member for the Engineering Research Council’s Healthcare Technology theme and serves on several Medical Device committees for the British Standards Institution.