Research Asst, Eye

Challenges

• Assist and support Principal Investigators(PI) in their clinical research activities (starting from study start-up till study end including study closure activities) such as:
• Recruit patients in the clinic and assist in screening, recruitment and consent taking of participants;
• Manage research data, data entry, data cleaning and ethics/legal compliance;
• Liaise with relevant internal and external agencies during the course of work;
• Monitor the financial aspects of the assigned study and advise the PI and Dept Admin team;
• Ensure timely submission of progress report to the relevant agencies and authorities and renewal of IRB and CTC approvals;
• Perform literature review and assist in writing research papers for publication and conference presentation.
• Undertake any other tasks assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• Degree or Diploma in Life Sciences, Nursing, or equivalent;
• Working experience in academic or clinical research would be advantageous;
• Proficient in English and Mandarin. Proficiency in Malay and Tamil will be an added advantage.
• Proficient in MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point and Outlook;
• Knowledge in research ethics and preferably completed the CITI;
• Good written and oral communication skills;
• Team-oriented with strong coordination and organisational skills;
• Able to work independently and comfortable to multi-task / handle a few projects concurrently