Ryan J Field 💻

Ryan J Field

(he/him)

Research Software Engineer

University of Glasgow

Research Summary

A research software engineer at the University of Glasgow, with a background in computer science, software engineering and public health, and a focus on FAIR and reproducible data. With interests in research software, data analysis, evidence synthesis, Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models, web application development and statistical analysis.

Interests

Evidence Synthesis Software Engineering R Shiny Health Economics / HTA Machine Learning / AI LLMs Big Data Joint Modelling Heart Failure Large Language Models AI Ethics

Experience

Research Software Engineer

University of Glasgow

  • Working as part of Research Software Engineering Team
  • Developing FAIR and open source software
  • Working using agile software engineering techniques
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Research Associate

University of Glasgow

  • Working on Large NIHR funded projects, to aid in evidence synthesis.
  • Development of web applications using R Shiny to aid in advance evidence synthesis techniques.
  • Working as part of a team, collaborating through multiple channels including GitHub / Jira

Technician

University of Glasgow

  • Working on an STFC funded grant to deliver a Findable Accessible Interoperable Reusable (FAIR) Data Pipeline
  • Producing opensource APIs in multiple programming languages (C++, Python, R, Julia, Java)
  • Working as part of a team collaborating using source control i.e., GIT and GitHub

Education

PhD in Public Health

University of Glasgow

Thesis titled: Potential of joint modelling of longitudinal observations and time-to-event data to improve prognosis in chronic heart failure studies. Supervised by Prof. J Lewsey and Prof. P Jhund.
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MSc in Software Engineering

University of Hertfordshire

Distinction

BSc (Hons) Computer Science

University of Hertfordshire

2:1
Skills
Programming Languages
Data Science

Expert

Statistics

Proficient

Software Engineering

Expert

Machine Learning and AI

Proficient

R

Expert

www.rstudio.com R Shiny

Expert

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Python

Expert

C++

Expert

Java

Expert

Julia

Proficient

PHP

Expert

SQL

Proficient

Awards
University Prize - Outstanding Performance
University of Hertfordshire ∙ October 2017
Awarded for outstanding performance during my MSc studies.
Featured Publications
Joint modelling of longitudinal processes and time-to-event outcomes in heart failure: systematic review and exemplar examining the relationship between serum digoxin levels and mortality featured image

Joint modelling of longitudinal processes and time-to-event outcomes in heart failure: systematic review and exemplar examining the relationship between serum digoxin levels and mortality

Background: Joint modelling combines two or more statistical models to reduce bias and increase efficiency. As the use of joint modelling increases it is important to understand …

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Recent Publications
Heather Walker, Juan-Jesus Carrero, Michael K. Sullivan, Ryan Field, Jennifer S. Lees, Peter Hanlon, Anne-Laure Faucon, Edouard L. Fu, Giorgi Beridze, Bhautesh Dinesh Jani, Katie Gallacher, Patrick B. Mark (2025). Frailty in adults with CKD and validation of the kidney failure risk equation in frailty subgroups. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
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Naomi Bradbury, Tom Morris, Clareece Nevill, Janion Nevill, Ryan Field, Suzanne Freeman, Nicola Cooper, Alex Sutton (2025). A case study in statistical software development for advanced evidence synthesis: the combined value of analysts and research software engineers. BMC Medical Research and Methodology.
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Nishant Jaiswal, Ryan Field (2024). Network meta-analysis: the way forward for evidence-based decisions. Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health.
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Ryan J. Field, Carly Adamson, Pardeep Jhund, Jim Lewsey (2023). Joint modelling of longitudinal processes and time-to-event outcomes in heart failure: systematic review and exemplar examining the relationship between serum digoxin levels and mortality. BMC Medical Research Methodology.
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Sonia Natalie Mitchell, Andrew Lahiff, Nathan Cummings, Jonathan Hollocombe, Bram Boskamp, Ryan Field, Dennis Reddyhoff, Kristian Zarębski, Antony Wilson, Bruno Viola, Martin Burke, Blair Archibald, Paul Bessell, Richard Blackwell, Boden Lisa A, Alys Brett, Sam Brett, Ruth Dundas, Jessica Enright, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, Claire Harris, Ian Hinder, Christopher David Hughes, Martin Knight, Vino Mano, Ciaran McMonagle, Dominic Mellor, Sibylle Mohr, Glenn Marion, Louise Matthews, Iain J. McKendrick, Christopher Mark Pooley, Thibaud Porphyre, Aaron Reeves, Edward Townsend, Robert Turner, Jeremy Walton, Richard Reeve (2022). FAIR Data Pipeline: provenance-driven data management for traceable scientific workflows. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.
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Recent Software
Ryan Field, Suzanne Freeman, Ellesha Smith, Tom Morris (2024). MetaCNMA. Zenodo.
DOI GitHub Web Application
Ryan Field, David McAllister (2024). RESIDE: Rapid Easy Synthesis to Inform Data Extraction. Zenodo.
DOI GitHub CRAN
Richard Blackwell, Alys Brett, James Cook, Nathan Cummings, Ryan Field, Alejandra Gonzalez-Beltran, Jonathan Hollocombe, Andrew Lahiff, Richard Reeve, Antony Wilson, Kristian Zarebski (2024). The FAIR Data Registry. Zenodo.
DOI GitHub
Naomi Brabury, Ryan Field, Tom Morris, Clareese R Nevill, Janion Nevill, Yiqiao Xin, Rhiannon K Owen, Nicola J Cooper, Alex J Sutton (2024). MetaInsight. Zenodo.
DOI GitHub Web Application
Enzo Cerullo, Alex J Sutton, Hayley E Jones, Olivia Wu, Terry J Quinn, Nicola J Cooper, Tom Morris, Ryan Field, Janion Nevill (2024). MetaBayesDTA. Zenodo.
DOI GitHub Web Application
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Recent & Upcoming Talks
MetaInsight and CINeMA: Reproducible Evidence for Clinical Decision-Making featured image
Software Engineering

MetaInsight and CINeMA: Reproducible Evidence for Clinical Decision-Making

Lightning Talk

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MetaInsight and CINeMA: Reproducible Evidence for Clinical Decision-Making

Software Demonstration

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Global Evidence Summit (GES) 2024 Workshop: MetaDTA and MetaBayesDTA: interactive web applications to conduct meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies featured image
Evidence Synthesis

Global Evidence Summit (GES) 2024 Workshop: MetaDTA and MetaBayesDTA: interactive web applications to conduct meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies

Workshop

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RSECON22 Walkthrough: A FAIR Data Pipeline: provenance-driven data management for traceable scientific workflows featured image
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RSECON22 Walkthrough: A FAIR Data Pipeline: provenance-driven data management for traceable scientific workflows

Walkthrough

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Contact

Please contact me through the University of Glasgow

Office Address

MVLS Shared Research Facilities

B3.08

Joseph Black Building

Glasgow

G12 8QQ

Office Hours

Monday - Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

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Get in Touch

Email

ryan.field@glasgow.ac.uk

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