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 the institution'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.

Key responsibilities

• Support the design and refinement of clinical or population-based research protocols, including objectives, inclusion criteria, methodology and outcome measures, and help plan and implement 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 present data and insights at forums.
• Assist with manuscript preparation for peer-reviewed journals, and prepare posters, oral presentations and abstracts for conferences.
• Contribute to grant proposals, ethics applications (IRB) and progress reports, and conduct literature reviews.
• Work with clinicians, data analysts, lab personnel and research offices, mentor junior staff, interns and medical students, and attend team meetings, journal clubs and planning sessions.
• Support audit readiness and data traceability, and carry out other duties assigned by the supervisor to support the office's strategic priorities.

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; a publication record in good scientific journals is advantageous.
• Trained or certified in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is preferred.

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).
• Experience in grant administration and grant writing.
• Strong scientific writing, presentation and documentation skills.
• Proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel and PowerPoint.