The Laboratory of Surgical System & Service Innovation (3SI) is a multi-disciplinary laboratory that provides a platform for cutting-edge surgical health services research that informs healthcare systems, policies, and programs to provide high-value, patient centered care for patients and their families undergoing surgery.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, dynamic, meticulous, and responsible Research Fellow to work closely with a team of experienced researchers and the clinical team in health system, services innovation, and novel surgical technologies research.
You will be part of a holistic clinical and health services research team whose mission is to improve clinical outcomes for seriously ill patients in surgery.
Among others, your role will focus on driving new health services research or population health related projects in the context of surgical patients with serious illness. This may include economic evaluation, qualitative & quantitative methods, advanced statistical modelling, or machine learning.
*Successful Applicant with Master's Degree as highest academic qualification will be offered Research Associate position, while PhD holders will be offered Research Fellow position.
Main Responsibilities:
1. Data Collection, Management, Analysis
- Gathering data from various sources and organizing it for analysis
- Performing statistical and data analysis techniques to generate insights from the data
- Data quality control – Ensuring accuracy and completeness of data through data validation and cleaning
2. Presentations & Data Visualization
- Analysis Report Generation: Producing reports and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations
- Data Visualization: Creating visual representations of data to effectively communicate insights
- Preparation of presentation slides and posters for submission to local and international conferences
3. Patient recruitment & consent
- Patient recruitment for involvement in value-based healthcare projects
- Qualitative interviews of patients and their families
4. Source materials for grant writing and ethics application
- Help to source for references and materials for grants; preparation of ethics application
5. Health economics and cost-effectiveness analysis & strategies
- Be familiar with costs, financial data of surgical patients
- Conduct of cost-effectiveness and economic analysis
Main Requirements
- PhD in health services research, public health related, health economics, qualitative research / Masters in Public Health
- Extensive knowledge in quantitative & qualitative methods, health economic analysis including cost-effectiveness & decision-analysis, commonly utilised in HSR research
- Prior experience in basic and advanced statistical analysis
- Prior relevant working experience with HSR related projects
- Prior experience in grant submissions
- Good publication track record indicated by first author publications in high quality journals
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Added bonus if experience with machine learning methods
- Able to work independently and interactively in a team setting, motivated, responsible and a fast learner
- Passionate about clinical and health service research to bring about positive impact to patients with advanced cancers
