Grant Trewartha — R&D Leader | Academic & Industry

At a Glance

80⁺

Research Articles Published

H-Index (Google Scholar)

£1.5^M

Research Funding Secured

Patents (Smart Insole Technology)

Experience

2023 — Present

Teesside University
tees.ac.uk

Professor of Digital Health Interventions

Research focus on remote patient monitoring of balance, falls risk, and AI clinical decision support
Secured external funding from Academy of Medical Sciences, NIHR Team Science, and EPSRC NortHFutures
REF Unit of Assessment 3 Lead and active PhD supervisor
Developing Centre for Healthcare Innovation at Teesside University
Contributing to live integration of AI Triage in NHS settings (with Visiba Ltd)

2016 — 2023

NURVV Ltd
nurvv.com

Head of Research

Led scientific R&D into wearable technology products for sport and healthcare markets; shaped company strategy and product roadmap
Co-created sensor algorithms and app features for NURVV Run and NURVV Health products — developed 6 patents on "smart insole" technology
Directed complex product testing programs with partners including NPL, SATRA, English Institute of Sport, and multiple UK/US universities
Supervised 2 PhD students (Wearable Technology and Machine Learning analysis of running)
Guided pivot into healthcare applications through research insights and commercial strategy

2001 — 2016

University of Bath
Dept for Health

Reader / Associate Professor / Assistant Professor

80+ research articles, 120+ conference presentations, H-Index = 33; £1.5M research funding secured (2005–2016)
Led the Injury Prevention Research Group — work influenced sport governing body policy internationally and produced demonstrable reductions in catastrophic spinal and concussion injuries in rugby
Supervised 13 PhD, 20 MSc, and 80 BSc students over 15 years of lecturing and teaching
Programme Director for BSc/MSci Sports Science — improved student experience, developed new degree pathways
Recognised with Universities UK "Made at Uni" award for public impact of research

Core Competencies

Innovation, Strategy & Process

Full product development lifecycle from ideation through market delivery
Qualified AgilePM practitioner; embedded Agile processes at NURVV
Principal Investigator — idea generation, funding, collaborations, publications
Academic programme management: designed new degree pathways at University of Bath

Leading Research & Development

Key role across multiple cycles of feature planning, build and review for wearable products
Managed interdependent testing programs across international partner networks
Applied research with quantifiable real-world policy impact in sport and healthcare
Experienced in both experimental and epidemiological research methodologies

Managing & Mentoring People

Built diverse, high-trust R&D teams through structured 1-to-1s and open culture
Extensive mentoring of early-career researchers and degree-level students
Cross-functional collaboration across product, engineering, firmware, app dev and marketing
Effective stakeholder and investor communication at executive level

Data Science & Programming

25-year quantitative research career; Python as primary environment (Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn)
20 years Matlab experience; signal processing, sensor algorithms, time series analysis
Machine learning supervision: hierarchical clustering and neural networks for biomechanics
Developing aptitude with Anvil web apps, Kotlin, and Claude Code / AI tooling

Technical Skills

Industry Knowledge

R&D Leadership Agile PM Wearable Technology Remote Patient Monitoring Multimodal AI Triage Product Development Biomechanics Sensor Design & Testing Injury Prevention Technology Assessment Innovation Strategy Team Management Stakeholder Pitches Media Engagement

Technical & Scientific

Python Matlab R Machine Learning Signal Processing Biomechanics Measurement IMUs / MoCap / GNSS Musculoskeletal Simulation Data Visualisation Statistics Materials Testing (Instron) Anvil Web Apps Physical Computing (Pi Pico) Blender / Maya

Additional

Product QA Testing UX Testing App Feature Logic & UI Presentation Skills ECB Cricket Coach Lvl 2 Football Coaching & Admin Full Driving Licence (UK)

Education & Qualifications

Jan 2026

AI in Healthcare Executive Program

MIT Sloan School of Management

May 2016

Agile PM Foundation & Practitioner

APMG International

July 2001

PhD in Biomechanics

Loughborough University — "Marker-free Tracking of Motion"

July 1997

BSc Sports Science — First Class Honours

Loughborough University

Current Projects

Unobtrusive Clinical Decision Support Tools — active research at Teesside University

EPSRC NortHFutures

Frailty Virtual Wards

Remote monitoring and AI clinical support for patients at home. Using wearable biosensors to continuously track physiological state, enabling proactive intervention without hospital admission.

Academy of Medical Sciences · Visiba Ltd

AI Triage Models

Integrating multimodal physiological and contextual data — including symptom details, demographics, remote vitals and patient history — to output care navigation, urgency scoring and diagnosis support in live NHS settings.

NIHR Team Science

Community Integration post Hip Fracture

Examining social and community integration measures as part of hip fracture recovery, moving beyond clinical outcomes to capture what matters most to patients during rehabilitation and return to daily life.

Teesside University

COPD Balance

Investigating balance recovery mechanisms and interventions for people living with COPD. Using musculoskeletal simulation and wearable sensor data to characterise postural control deficits and identify effective therapeutic targets.

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