Dr Ryan Stewart
Teaching Fellow
Mathematics and Statistics
Personal statement
I started at Strathclyde as an undergraduate student in 2014 with a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics & Statistics. Following that, I then started my PhD at the University of Glasgow. My PhD explored trends and inequalities in dental caries and obesity in Primary 1 children in Scotland and explored the role of the Childsmile programming in reaching children with co-existing dental caries and obesity.
In January 2022, I began my teaching career at Strathclyde as a Teaching Assistant before being promoted to Teaching Associate in August 2022. I am the director of the Septembers of the Online MScs in Applied Statistics.
As a Teaching Associate, I mainly teach statisticss modules in Year 1 (Statistics and Data Presentation), 2 (Probability and Statistical Inference), 4 (Experimental Design), and 5 (Data Dashboards with RShiny; Data Analytics in R).
Teaching Interests
In the Academic Year 2023/24, I am involved in the following modules
On-campus modules
- MM104: Statistics and Data Presentation (Lecturer and Module Coordinator)
- MM204: Probability and Statistical Inference (Lecturer)
- MM404: Statistical Modelling and Analysis (Lecturer and Module Coordinator)
- MM962: Data Dashboards with RShiny (Lecturer and Module Coordinator)
Online modules
- MM923: Data Analytics in R (Lecturer and Module Coordinator)
- MM961: Data Dashboards with RShiny (Lecturer)
Prize And Awards
- Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
- Recipient
- 9/2024
- Shortlist Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 16/5/2024
- Faculty of Science Teaching Excellence Awards
- Recipient
- 2024
- Haleon graduate research award
- Recipient
- 9/2023
Publications
- Dental general anaesthetic and access to dental services for young people with intellectual disabilities, autism and other educational additional support needs : A population-based record linkage cohort study
- Sherriff Andrea, Stewart Ryan, Wright William, Docherty Lucy, Dudman Katie, Young Robin, Cairns Deborah, Henderson Angela, Conway David I
- Community Dental Health (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0265539x261450852
- Embedding Scientific Learning Strategies in Disciplines
- English Rosanne, Miller Ainsley, Stewart Ryan
- (2026)
- The influence of maternal long term health conditions including multimorbidity on child oral health : a scoping review and evidence gap map protocol
- Campbell Faith, McGregor Scott, Marryat Louise, Stewart Ryan, Clarkson Jan, Cassie Heather
- Wellcome Open Research Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21725.2
- Obesity and dental caries in childhood : trends in prevalence and socioeconomic inequalities - a multicohort population-wide data linkage study
- Stewart Ryan, Conway David I, Macpherson Lorna MD, Sherriff Andrea
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Vol 109, pp. 642-648 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2023-326587
- Obesity and dental caries in children in Scotland : trends, inequalities, and the reach and impact of the Childsmile
- Stewart Ryan
- (2023)
- Child oral health and preventive dental service access among children with intellectual disabilities, autism and other educational additional support needs : a population-based record linkage cohort study
- Sherriff Andrea, Stewart Ryan, Macpherson Lorna MD, Kidd Jamie BR, Henderson Angela, Cairns Deborah, Conway David I
- Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology Vol 51, pp. 494-502 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12805
Professional Activities
- Statistical Scenario Analysis for Financial Risk Management
- Organiser
- 18/6/2026
- Re-engaging students in learning development through subject specific resources.
- Contributor
- 12/6/2026
- Continuous Assessment: For Whom and Why?
- Contributor
- 5/6/2026
- Statistics in Sport
- Organiser
- 28/5/2026
- A Practical Guide to Characterising Data and Investigating Data Quality
- Organiser
- 9/4/2026
- Tutorial hand-ins: do they influence exam performance?
- Contributor
- 27/3/2026
Projects
- Interactive Dashboard for Better Public Health Insights: Active Healthy Kids Scotland.EPSRC Vacation Internship 2026
- Stewart, Ryan (Principal Investigator) Bardid, Farid (Principal Investigator) Reilly, John (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 14-Jan-2026
- Vascutek/Terumo Sample Size
- Csoban, Tunde (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Ryan (Co-investigator)
- Framework on 190420
- 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2026
- Vascutek/Terumo Sample Size
- Stewart, Ryan (Co-investigator) Csoban, Tunde (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- Statistical support for HPV self sampling pilot
- Kavanagh, Kimberley (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Ryan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 30-Jan-2027
- Critical appraisal: study design and statistics - CPD for ARHAI
- Kavanagh, Kimberley (Principal Investigator) Stewart, Ryan (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2026
- Maternal Multi-morbidity & Child Oral Health
- Stewart, Ryan (Principal Investigator)
- 12-Jan-2025 - 11-Jan-2026
Contact
Dr
Ryan
Stewart
Teaching Fellow
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: ryan.stewart@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3804