Research Officer - Singapore - Yishun Community Hospital

Yishun Community Hospital

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Singapore

1 week ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

Institution:
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital- Family Group: Allied Health
Research Officer
Clinical Research Unit, KTPH

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Research Officer will assist the Principal Investigators (PI) to oversee the smooth running and tracking progress of clinical research studies related activities and project

This include:

Perform DNA extraction, sample quality control, prepare sequencing libraries and Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) on clinical samples
Collate multiple datasets and perform statistical analysis (not restricted to regression) for molecular (genomic and blood biomarker) epidemiology studies
Perform biobanking and cataloguing of biological samples
To work closely with clinical research coordinators, scientist and other stakeholders
To maintain clinical studies documentation in accordance with quality requirements
To assist PI with report generation, scientific meeting/conference presentations
To produce high quality research reports, presentation and assist PI in publications
Supervise and mentor internship studies
To assist the PI in other daytoday tasks as required

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Bachelor's degree in biomedical science or Diploma in life science with at least 5 years' experience in relevant field
Experience in Molecular Assays (DNA extraction, polymerase chain reaction [PCR], qPCR) and Immuno assay (ELISA)
Hands on experience in NGS workflow and data analysis
Excellent academic writing and communication skills
Able to work independently as well as with a team

Desirable

Experience of developing research projects and bringing them to successful completion
Relevant experience using analysis large epidemiological cohort studies
Experience in using statistical analysis tools (e.g. STATA or R)
Experience in Genomic DNA methylation will be added advantage