Research Associate/Fellow Lkcmedicine

Primary Care and Family Medicine at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine is launching a new program of work focusing on general practice activity and optimization of cancer and chronic disease screening and management in primary care.
A Research Fellow / Research Associate is required to support these studies in collaboration with Primary Care Practitioners and their patients in the community.
Responsibilities:

• Contribute to design, data collection, analysis and interpretation of quantitative, qualitative and co-design studies
• Project management of program of work, ensuring study deliverables, reports and publications are completed punctually according to study and grant timelines
• Work effectively with OPEN, the Office for Patient Engagement at Le Kong Chian School of Medicine to grow primary care patient panel
• Perform literature searches and scientific writing in the form of grants, manuscripts, reports, reviews, abstracts, posters and oral presentations
• Assist in communications with institutional review board staff regarding ethics applications, amendments, and reports
• Establish and maintain close communication with all stakeholders and study team
• Assist in the supervision of student projects within the program of work

Position requirements are:

• PhD or Masters (Research) qualification or equivalent in health services research, implementation science or a related discipline (eg medicine, nursing, allied health, psychology, public health, social science, statistics)
• Experience in health services or implementation research, preferably in primary health care setting
• Design of research projects using a range of methods (experience of quantitative and qualitative methods)
• Competent in utilising software packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, statistical packages (e.G. Stata), NVivo
• Successful research activity evidenced by:
  
  • Peer reviewed grant income
  • Publication in national and international journals
  • Presentations at national and international conferences

• Familiarity with primary care setting in Singapore and/or internationally
• Ability to work effectively, both individually, as well as part of a team.

• Strong communication skills in English, both written and spoken

Hiring Institution:
LKC