Job Description

Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine invites applications for:

Assistant Manager for the Dementia Research Centre

The newly established Dementia Research Centre (DRC) is led by Associate Professor Nagaendran Kandiah at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, a joint medical school between Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Our centre is in the Clinical Sciences Building, located in the heart of Singapore.

The centre will focus on human research in the field of neuropsychology, neuroimaging and biomarkers to elucidate the pathobiology of Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and other related conditions. We aim to incorporate digital platforms and artificial intelligence in our path to translational research for cognitive disorders.

The lab will foster reciprocal interactions between the members of the lab and the members of the NTU life science clusters. We provide exciting opportunities and vibrant atmospheres as well as state-of-arts core facilities.

Job responsibilities:

Maintain research database and perform statistical analyses

Management of grants and budget

Coordinating research activities and ethics submission

Overseeing staff welfare and job duties

Responsible for equipment and laboratory materials in the DRC

Support collaborative projects with other organisations

Provide support for cognitive research, neuroimaging and biomarker research

Administrative support for the operations of the DRC

Skills and qualifications:

Bachelor degree in psychology, biostatistics or neuroimaging, or other fields of life science

At least 2 year experience in the field of adult psychology or biomarkers or biostatistics or neuroimaging research

Experience in managing budgets and coordinating staff activity

Expertise in cognitive neuropsychology, MATLAB, SPM will be an advantage

Experience in image analyses softwares such a SPM, MATLAB, freesurfer, large data analyses and artificial intelligence will be an advantage

Highly responsible, self-motivated and well-organized with good communication and technical skills

Be able to work independently and collaborate effectively in a highly diverse and interdisciplinary working environment

Applicants who have experience in psychology research, biostatistics and project management in other local institutes will be considered with priority

Hiring Institution: LKC

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