Research Assistant

Tanqeeb; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi seeks a Research Assistant to support its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education and research initiative. You will coordinate lectures, workshops, and student training activities, and provide administrative and research support.

Responsibilities include scheduling, recruiting instructors, organizing registrations, preparing teaching labs and materials, data entry and cleaning, and assisting with literature reviews and ethics submissions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in radiography, diagnostic medical sonography, medical imaging, allied health sciences, health sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, or another relevant discipline.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating student groups, teaching schedules, laboratory sessions, and faculty assignments
• Communicating with and recruiting faculty members and clinical instructors to deliver lectures and supervise practical sessions
• Organizing student registration, group allocation, attendance, assessments, and course-related communications
• Preparing teaching rooms, ultrasound laboratories, equipment, consumables, and educational materials
• Maintaining accurate project records, schedules, databases, and document repositories
• Assisting with research participant recruitment, data collection, data entry, data cleaning, and quality assurance
• Supporting data analysis using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or comparable statistical software
• Assisting with literature reviews, research documentation, ethics submissions, reports, presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts
• Monitoring project milestones and following up with faculty members, students, and other stakeholders
• Performing other duties related to the administration, evaluation, and development of the POCUS initiative

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Scheduling

Data entry & management

Teamwork

Proficiency in SPSS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in radiography/medical imaging/health sciences

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

SPSS

Job description

Job description

Job Description:

The Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, is seeking a Research Assistant to support its Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education and research initiative. The successful candidate will provide research, educational, and administrative coordination for POCUS lectures, practical workshops, and student training activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating student groups, teaching schedules, laboratory sessions, and faculty assignments
• Communicating with and recruiting faculty members and clinical instructors to deliver lectures and supervise practical sessions
• Organizing student registration, group allocation, attendance, assessments, and course-related communications
• Preparing teaching rooms, ultrasound laboratories, equipment, consumables, and educational materials
• Maintaining accurate project records, schedules, databases, and document repositories
• Assisting with research participant recruitment, data collection, data entry, data cleaning, and quality assurance
• Supporting data analysis using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, or comparable statistical software
• Assisting with literature reviews, research documentation, ethics submissions, reports, presentations, abstracts, and manuscripts
• Monitoring project milestones and following up with faculty members, students, and other stakeholders
• Performing other duties related to the administration, evaluation, and development of the POCUS initiative

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in radiography, diagnostic medical sonography, medical imaging, allied health sciences, health sciences, biomedical sciences, public health, or another relevant discipline.

Experience/Skills:

• Excellent organizational and project-coordination skills
• Strong interpersonal and professional communication skills
• Ability to develop and maintain schedules, student groups, faculty rosters, attendance records, and project trackers
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and shared document-management systems
• Familiarity with SPSS or similar statistical software
• Accurate data entry, data cleaning, document control, and record management
• Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and follow up consistently with stakeholders
• Ability to support practical ultrasound teaching sessions and manage equipment responsibly
• Initiative, reliability, flexibility, attention to detail, and effective teamwork

Preferred Qualifications:

• Academic or professional background in diagnostic radiography, medical imaging, or diagnostic medical sonography
• Practical experience with ultrasound or Point-of-Care Ultrasound
• Master’s degree in a relevant health sciences discipline
• Previous experience supporting research projects, medical education programs, clinical skills laboratories, or simulation-based teaching
• Experience using SPSS, R, Stata, or comparable statistical software
• Experience with research ethics applications, participant recruitment, survey administration, literature reviews, and preparation of research reports or manuscripts
• Familiarity with reference-management software and electronic data-collection platforms
• Previous experience coordinating faculty, students, workshops, courses, or educational events
• Proficiency in Arabic