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.
7 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 (31)
r-package10
data-science10
bids10
health-data10
r9
peak-detection9
metadata9
neuroimaging9
meta-analysis9
mri9
python8
toolbox8
signal-processing7
synthetic-data7
ropensci7
Programming languages (7)
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
physiopy/physiopy-community-practices
Feb 2024 - Dec 2025
Repository for Physiopy's community guidelines
Contributions:6 reviews, 2 PRs, 2 pushes in 1 year 10 months
mrineuroimagingphysiological-dataphysiological-signalsphysiology
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