Sr Research Fellow

-Family Group: Allied Health

**JOB SUMMARY**

The **Programme for Research in Epidemic Preparedness and REsponse (PREPARE) **is a national programme set up by the Ministry of Health (MOH) to support and strengthen Singapore’s key research capabilities, translational platforms, and expertise which can be harnessed to detect, respond to, and contain future infectious disease threats. The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) serves as the administrative host of PREPARE. There are five co-operative programmes established under PREPARE. These co-operatives are supported by a national biorepository for clinical samples, tissues and associated data, and infectious diseases (ID) clinical and research databases.

The **Regional Networks Co-operative Programme** aims to:

- Create a strong regional infectious diseases network in Southeast Asia that enable timely insights sharing and information exchange.
- Talent programme that supports the training and exchange of researchers and students between Singapore and the region
- Regional clinical research network that can rapidly conduct multicentre studies, generate high quality clinical insights and inform clinical management in the event of a regional outbreak or global pandemic.

The Senior/Research Fellow is a key team member of the Regional Networks Co-operative who will be providing project management, coordination, and administrative support in the planning, implementation and monitoring of the Regional Networks Co-operative Programme. The Senior/Research Fellow will also be working closely with researchers and committees, both internal and external, in developing collaborative projects. This will include analysing data, preparing project protocols and manuscript preparation for submission to peer-reviewed journals.

**MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**

SPECIFIC

The Senior/Research Fellow of PREPARE’s Regional Networks Co-operative Programme will be involved in:

- Liaise with Principal Investigators, Senior Research Fellows and other research collaborators from local and overseas institutions/hospitals to set up, coordinate and manage clinical trials and projects.
- Work with research collaborators to address potential challenges in infectious disease clinical trials framework and regulations, especially for overseas projects.
- Establish a regional clinical research network with overseas collaborators with the capacity to perform interventional studies in an event of disease outbreak.
- Facilitate timely review of research related agreements.
- Work strategically with doctors, epidemiologists, statisticians, and other research fellows to formulate and answer important clinical and public health questions on the diagnosis, prognosis, management, and prevention of infectious diseases.
- Initiate new studies by planning, preparing study protocols, and implementing these studies efficiently.
- Attract collaborations from local and international partner institutions to bridge clinical and scientific information for both new and ongoing projects.
- Present study results at local and international scientific conferences.
- Provide administrative support to the Regional Networks Co-operative Programme
- Track and prepare reports to PREPARE
- Organise trainings and workshops

GENERAL

To perform other duties as directed by supervisor(s) including work areas not mentioned here but are within the scope of the Regional Networks Co-operative.

**JOB REQUIREMENTS**

EDUCATION
- PhD or Masters (minimum requirement) degree in Science or Public Health.

EXPERIENCE
- Keen interest in research and project management.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Proficient in data analysis and is able to use at least one statistical software package (e.g., SPSS, Stata, R)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Flexible and ability to work in a fast-paced working environment
- Able to work independently and has excellent interpersonal skills
- Willingness to travel