Cían Ryan

Cían trained as a medical scientist in Ireland, specialising in blood science and medical microbiology before joining CHICAS to become an epidemiologist under the mentorship of Dr. Jonathan Read, Dr. Sam Moore, and Prof. Chris Jewell. His research integrates computational statistical methods and infectious disease dynamic modelling with his knowledge of infectious diseases to study how connections between susceptible individuals influence disease transmission across geographical and social space.

Cían is particularly interested in analysing contact pattern data from the COVID-19 pandemic to understand the network connections among different demographic groups. He plans to conduct mathematical simulations of infectious disease outbreaks using real network data from the English population to examine patterns of infectious spread, identify vulnerable groups, and assess the impact of vaccine hesitancy on the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Additionally, Cían investigates vaccine hesitancy through statistical modelling to map and quantify it across different geographical and social contexts in England.

Prior to starting his PhD with CHICAS, Cían worked briefly with the UK Health Security Agency on emergency outbreak responses, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Mpox epidemic. He remains an honorary researcher with the UKHSA, which collaborates on his research projects.