James Cunningham
Research Fellow at Freelance
Stockport, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolJames Cunningham is a research-focused software engineer with 14+ years building clinical and health informatics software at the University of Manchester, currently leading the "Health Informatics for Real-World Evidence" research theme. He combines deep OO expertise in C# and Java with functional programming fluency (Clojure, F#, Haskell, Lisp) and a PhD in Information Systems focused on domain-specific knowledge management and representation. His work spans applied research and production tools—cross-cohort analytics for Alzheimer’s research, wearable data reuse, and privacy-preserving, blockchain-mediated patient data trusts—blending academic rigour with practical engineering. James also consults on smart-contract development and crypto-economics, bringing hands-on Solidity/Ethereum experience to healthcare data governance. Notably, he pairs formal knowledge-representation skills (OWL, KM) with pragmatic system delivery, making him adept at turning complex clinical semantics into reusable, auditable software.
15 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
B.Sc., Mathematics, B.Sc., Mathematics at The Open UniversityB.Sc., Computer Science, B.Sc., Computer Science at The University of ManchesterPh.D., Information Systems, Ph.D., Information Systems at The University of SalfordKingston Grammar School
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Github Skills (18)
genetic9
blockchain9
ethereum9
nft8
erc11558
go7
p2p7
geth6
genetic-programming5
dao5
trading4
clojure3
consensus3
cryptocurrency3
bitcoin3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
james-c/genetic
Sep 2011 - Jul 2015
Contributions:52 commits, 2 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 years 10 months
geneticclojuregenetic-programming
MentalHealthMission/MHM-ontology
Apr 2025 - Sep 2025
Contributions:18 PRs, 28 pushes, 18 branches in 5 months
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