Study Coordinator (MeMoSA)

Fairview International School; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A cancer research organization in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Study Coordinator for the MeMoSA® AI project. This role involves recruiting patients, capturing images, and managing data. The ideal candidate will have a science degree and strong organizational skills, be meticulous, and work collaboratively. Experience in digital health is a plus. Join us to contribute to vital cancer research in Malaysia.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate and work with various stakeholders.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Self-motivated and results-driven individual.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and follow up with patients for image collection.
• Capture images of patients’ oral cavities using the app.
• Ensure all documentation relating to the study is completed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in any science-based discipline

Job description

Cancer Research Malaysia is a private non‑profit organization dedicated to Malaysian cancer research. As part of our research, Cancer Research Malaysia has developed MeMoSA® (Mobile Mouth Screening Anywhere), a mobile phone App for AI‑supported early detection of oral cancer. To improve the performance of our AI model, we are collecting images from patients who seek treatment from dentists or oral specialists in oral medicine and oral pathology clinics or oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics. We are currently looking to add a Study Coordinator (SC) to our team for the MeMoSA® AI project. You will be primarily based at our clinical sites. Under the supervision of the Senior Project Manager, you will work closely with the digital health team to ensure that the research project meets its defined objectives, including the recruitment of patients to contribute images and management of patient images and data.

The ideal candidate for this position will be meticulous, organized, and proactive in carrying out the data collection protocol and be able to maintain a high level of accuracy with minimal supervision. An interest in digital health and knowledge of dentistry/oral cancer would be an advantage.

Major Duties and Responsibilities

• Recruitment and follow‑up of patients for image collection into MeMoSA® AI project.
• Capturing images of patients’ oral cavities via the MeMoSA® mobile application.
• Data collection from clinical case notes, data entry and data analysis into the MeMoSA® database.
• Ensure all documentation relating to the study is duly completed.
• Assist in ethics applications to initiate any MeMoSA® AI related studies in clinical sites.
• Systematic and routine reporting on progress of patient recruitment, data collection and analysis.
• Assist MeMoSA® team members with data extraction, review and cleaning for the MeMoSA® AI project.
• Able to work collaboratively with clinical counterparts and patients at clinical sites.
• Undertake any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications and Competencies

• Bachelor’s degree in any science‑based discipline with relevant transferrable skills.
• Good team player, ability to communicate and work with all levels of stakeholders, able to multitask and work in a fast‑paced environment.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills and ability to work under pressure.
• Proven capability in hands‑on problem solving, with the ability to generate ideas and solutions; self‑motivated and results driven.
• Pro‑active, meticulous, and maintain a high‑level accuracy with minimal supervision.
• Willing to travel to clinical sites with own transport.

We are an independent and non‑profit cancer research organization based in Malaysia. Funded by donations and research grants, we conduct research in niche cancers often found in our Asian population.