Brian Caulfield

Professor Brian Caulfield leads University College Dublin’s Connected Health Programme. He is the Lead Investigator in Ireland’s industry-led Connected Health Technology Centre, (ARCH) and is a Director of Ireland’s largest research center, the INSIGHT Center for Data Analytics (www.insight-centre.org), where he leads the Connected Health research program. A physiotherapist by training, Brian is also the Dean of Physiotherapy at UCD.

Brian is a champion for a Connected Health ecosystem in Ireland and has forged strong relationships with key clinicians, industry leaders, policymakers, and research groups to drive advances in the field. Previously, he was a PI in the CLARITY Centre for Sensor Web Technologies (www.clarity-centre.org) and Director of the TRIL Centre, a research center focused on technologies for independent living, which was funded by GE and Intel. As well as these companies, he has worked with a range of multinational and start-up companies such as BioMedical Research Ltd, Fujitsu Laboratories, and Shimmer to deliver innovative technology-enabled solutions for areas such as rehabilitation medicine, COPD, and gerontology. His research has led to significant commercial opportunities in terms of the exploitation of intellectual property by industry partners and spin-out the activity.