Among his duties to the department, Ryan is instrumental in organizing the History of Medicine Luncheon Seminar Series; is involved in a variety of research-oriented tasks, and is Assistant Editor for Book Reviews for the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences. In addition, he is currently investigating grant opportunities for a digitization project involving neuro-anatomical works housed in the Clendening Library. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys reading, good conversation, good food and wine, and the great outdoors with his yellow lab, Hank.