Rachael Stickland
Senior Research Data Scientist
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolRachael Stickland is a Senior Research Data Scientist with six years’ experience applying neuroimaging methodologies and health research expertise to reproducible, software-driven studies. Currently at the University of Birmingham after roles at The Alan Turing Institute and a neuroscience postdoc at Northwestern, she blends deep domain knowledge with research engineering practice to improve data pipelines and analytic reproducibility. A 2025 Software Sustainability Institute Fellow, she advocates for “better software, better research” and maintains an active GitHub presence showcasing tooling and collaboration practices. Trained with a PhD in Integrative Neuroscience from Cardiff, she brings a rare combination of experimental neuroscience rigor and practical data-wrangling skills that help teams turn complex imaging studies into reliable, shareable outputs.
6 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at Cardiff University / Prifysgol CaerdyddCertificate (Level 4, 60 credit), Certificate (Level 4, 60 credit) at The Open UniversityBachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science at University of Reading
Github Skills (44)
data-science10
machine-learning10
science10
health-data10
r9
metadata9
bids9
mri8
health8
meta-analysis8
computational-neuroscience7
biology7
prepare7
software-quality7
electrophysiology7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
RayStick/phys2bids
Nov 2019 - Nov 2023
Python3 library to format physiological files in BIDS. At the moment, it supports Acqknowledge and Labchart.
Contributions:2 PRs, 56 pushes, 25 branches in 4 years
pythonpython-bindingspython3-librarypython3cython
BrightLab-ANVIL/Stickland_NeuroImage_2021
Feb 2021 - Sep 2022
Analysis code to accompany publication
Contributions:1 review, 42 commits, 9 PRs in 1 year 7 months
pythoncode-analysis
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