Research Assistant

Gray Matter Solutions; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Gray Matter Solutions is a healthtech company in Singapore focusing on cognitive decline detection and brain health. We seek a Research Assistant / Clinical Research Associate to support clinical study execution and data handling.

You will coordinate studies, recruit participants, administer cognitive assessments, and maintain regulatory records while collaborating with clinicians and sites. Strong communication and detail orientation are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field is required.
• Experience in coordinating clinical studies is preferred.
• Ability to handle clinical/research data accurately.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and execute clinical research studies, including our ongoing industry-sponsored studies.
• Support participant recruitment, screening, consenting, scheduling and follow-up.
• Administer digital cognitive assessments and study procedures.
• Coordinate with investigators, clinicians, research sites and external partners.
• Maintain study documentation, participant logs and essential research records.
• Support ethics submissions, amendments and regulatory/study documentation.
• Ensure studies are conducted according to approved protocols and timelines.
• Manage, clean and quality-check clinical research datasets.
• Conduct basic statistical analyses and prepare study summaries.
• Support interpretation of cognitive, clinical and biomarker data.
• Assist with literature reviews and research synthesis.
• Contribute to abstracts, posters, presentations and scientific manuscripts.
• Help design and operationalise new clinical and real‑world studies.
• Support deployments with hospitals, clinics and community partners.
• Develop research workflows, SOPs and data collection processes.
• Identify operational bottlenecks and improve how studies are run.
• Work across multiple projects as GMS expands its clinical evidence base.

Skills

Clinical research coordination

Data management

Regulatory documentation

Literature review

Statistical reasoning

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Public Health or a related field

Tools

REDCap

Job description

Research Assistant / Clinical Research Associate

Gray Matter Solutions | Singapore

Gray Matter Solutions is a healthtech company focused on earlier detection and management of cognitive decline. We develop clinically validated digital tools for cognitive assessment and brain health, working with healthcare institutions, clinicians, researchers and industry partners across Singapore and internationally.

We are looking for a Research Assistant / Clinical Research Associate to support the execution of our clinical studies.

What You’ll Work On

Clinical Study Execution

• Coordinate and execute clinical research studies, including our ongoing industry-sponsored studies
• Support participant recruitment, screening, consenting, scheduling and follow-up
• Administer digital cognitive assessments and study procedures
• Coordinate with investigators, clinicians, research sites and external partners
• Maintain study documentation, participant logs and essential research records
• Support ethics submissions, amendments and regulatory/study documentation
• Ensure studies are conducted according to approved protocols and timelines

Data & Research

• Manage, clean and quality-check clinical research datasets
• Conduct basic statistical analyses and prepare study summaries
• Support interpretation of cognitive, clinical and biomarker data
• Assist with literature reviews and research synthesis
• Contribute to abstracts, posters, presentations and scientific manuscripts

Research Operations & New Studies

• Help design and operationalise new clinical and real‑world studies
• Support deployments with hospitals, clinics and community partners
• Develop research workflows, SOPs and data collection processes
• Identify operational bottlenecks and improve how studies are run
• Work across multiple projects as GMS expands its clinical evidence base

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Public Health or a related field
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail
• Comfortable interacting with patients, research participants and clinicians
• Able to independently coordinate multiple moving parts and follow through reliably
• Comfortable working with clinical/research data
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Curious, resourceful and willing to learn quickly

Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:

• Clinical research or clinical trial coordination
• Cognitive or neuropsychological assessments
• REDCap or clinical research databases
• Statistical analysis using R, Python, SPSS or similar
• Ethics/IRB submissions
• Scientific writing or publications