Total 2 general job vacancies in Education / Training category in Hong Kong

The research fellow reports to the Principal Investigator (PI) and assists the PI to achieve research goals by executing research support excellently, efficiently and with empathy. His/her key responsibilities include:

To assist Principal Investigator and collaborators on research projects, including establishing SOPs, literature search and review, designing projects, performing experiments and data analysis etc.
To collaborate as Co-Principal Investigator and secure competitive external and internal research grant as PrincipalInvestigator.
To provide necessary assistance in the operation and maintenance of multiple imaging research databases in compliance with prevailing legal regulations and institutional rules, and core research equipment and facilities.
To provide some scientific advice and support on research methodology and techniques to the research team for analytics of structured and image based data.
To act as the trusted third party to de-identify patient data for research
To perform statistical analysis of data, and facilitate data visualisation and analytics
To prepare reports and/or presentations to communicate findings of image based and other research analysis to internal/external stakeholders

Job Description:     

• PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Computer Science, Computer Vision or other related disciplines, ideally with working experience
• Proficiency in using R/Python, Tableau or OBIEE, and SPSS or Stata
• Experience in handling/processing/manipulation/analytics, ideally of both structured and non-structured image based data
• Meticulous with an eye for details
• Able to work independently and in a team. 
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills      
• Resourceful, innovative, and creative in problem solving   
• Working knowledge of research process and medical terminologies is an advantage 
• Publication track record as first or last author in relevant field
• Prior working experience in research laboratories

The Clinical Research Coordinator provides research support service for clinical research, in accordance to the applicable regulatory, Good Clinical Practice and protocol requirements. He/she works closely with the Principal Investigator (PI), members of the department, study sponsors and monitors, etc. to support and provide guidance on the administration of the compliance, financial, personnel and other related aspects of the clinical studies.

He/she will ensure smooth and efficient day-to-day logistics support for research studies, and assists in study quality control activities such as internal monitoring, and prepares for auditing/ inspection.

Responsibilities:

• Manages different phases of clinical research study independently. Acts as liaison between subjects and members of the research team to facilitate and coordinate the daily clinical study activities including subject recruitment and questionnaire administration

• Participates in the evaluating of the study proposals and protocols. Comprehends each assigned protocol including study proceedings and timelines, inclusion and exclusion criteria, confidentiality and privacy protections.

• Assists PI in designing and development of study recruitment advertisement, study specific source documents/ Case Report Forms and other required documents pertaining to the protocol

• Assists PI in the study submission to IRB or HSA. Oversees all study subject-related issues, timely report all safety events according to sponsor, IRB and regulatory authorities requirements.

• Assists in budget preparation and facilitates project agreement

• Develops and maintains study payment tracker, prepares study participants payment reimbursement.

• Verify study account expenses, and prepares study billing requisition for finance department to process, and follow up with stakeholders on the payment.

• Assist in preparing grant progress reports, final reports, extension applications, and variation requests

• Extract and trawl relevant clinical data from electronic medical records and clinical information systems

• Collect, record, and manage study data

• Ensure data accuracy, completeness, and timely entry into electronic data capture systems and case report forms

• Provides study protocol specific training to delegated staff with supervision of PI

• Assists in Quality Control & Quality Assurance activities, such as department study internal monitoring and department audit/ inspection.

• Ad-hoc research related activities as directed by the supervisor

Job requirements:

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing/ Medical Technology / Health Science / Life Science / Pharmacy

• Interest in scientific research and willing to engage in various aspects of the research processes

• Proficient computer knowledge (MS Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Data science background would be advantageous

• Good interpersonal skills