Dr Rachael Stickland PhD

Dr Rachael Stickland

Engineering and Physical Sciences
Senior Research Data Scientist

Contact details

Address
Advanced Research Computing
Computer Centre (G5)
Elms Road
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

As a member of the Research Data Science Service, Rachael contributes to research projects with a data-science or AI component, enhancing the effectiveness, transparency, and reproducibility of these projects.

Qualifications

Biography

Rachael’s expertise is in health research, encompassing research design, data collection, and analysis of complex and sensitive data to better understand human health. Rachael completed a PhD in Integrative Neuroscience at Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre , investigating neurovascular and metabolic function in healthy and clinical populations. In 2019, Rachael joined the Applied Neuro-Vascular Imaging Lab  at Northwestern University as their first Postdoctoral Research Fellow, operationally leading research studies and training research students. During this postdoc, Rachael became actively involved in open science and software best practices, joining the Physiopy community.In 2022, Rachael joined The Alan Turing Institute as a Data Wrangler, working within the AI for Multiple Long-term Conditions Research Support Facility. At Turing, Rachael worked for 1 year as an Independent Scientist Advisor for BridgeAI.