Senior Research Fellow (Clinical Research and Innovation Office)

About the role

The Research Fellow plays a key role in supporting the design, execution and analysis of clinical and translational research projects aligned with TTSH's Academic Health Excellence agenda. Working closely with principal investigators and multidisciplinary collaborators, the fellow contributes to protocol development, data analysis and scientific communication while ensuring compliance with ethical and regulatory standards. The role supports institution-wide efforts to strengthen research capability, generate high-impact publications and turn findings into better clinical outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Support the design and refinement of clinical or population-based research protocols, including objectives, inclusion criteria, methodology and outcome measures, and propose or initiate new studies
• Manage data collection across clinical, laboratory and digital platforms, clean and analyse datasets with statistical tools such as SPSS, R and Stata, and prepare figures, tables and summaries
• Present data and insights at relevant forums
• Assist with manuscript preparation for peer-reviewed journals, and help prepare conference posters, oral presentations and abstracts
• Contribute to grant proposals, ethics applications (IRB) and progress reports, and conduct literature reviews
• Collaborate with clinicians, data analysts, lab personnel and research offices, and mentor junior research staff, interns and medical students
• Attend team meetings, journal clubs and collaborative planning sessions
• Support audit readiness and data traceability for ethics or grant-funded projects, and undertake other duties assigned by the supervisor

Required profile

• PhD or Masters in implementation and behavioural science, biomedical sciences, public health, epidemiology or a related field
• Prior experience conducting clinical, translational or health services research
• Prior publications in good scientific journals are advantageous; GCP training or certification preferred
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage multiple tasks with attention to timelines, quality and ethical compliance

Required skills

• Familiarity with clinical research processes, study implementation and ethics governance
• Knowledge of research methodology, data protection policies and academic publishing practices
• Data management, statistical analysis and visualisation (R, SPSS, Excel)
• Grant administration and grant writing
• Scientific writing, presentation and documentation skills
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint