Research Assistant: Health Services & Data Analysis

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke-NUS Medical School is seeking a Research Assistant to support planning and execution of research projects in the Office of Research at Outram Campus. The role involves coordinating activities, literature reviews and data management with a cross-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities include participant recruitment, data cleaning, documentation, and assisting with ethics submissions. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, with a willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Prior experience in clinical research or health services research is advantageous; entry-level candidates may be considered.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Excel; basic competency in at least one statistical software or programming language (e.g. STATA, SPSS, SAS, R or Python).
• Familiarity with REDCap/electronic data capture systems and literature screening tools (EndNote, Zotero, Covidence, Rayyan) is advantageous.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities and willingness to learn new methods.
• Able to manage multiple tasks, timelines and stakeholders in a dynamic research environment; work independently and in a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with clinicians and researchers.

Responsibilities

• Support planning, coordination and day-to-day execution of research projects.
• Conduct literature reviews, scoping/systematic reviews and evidence synthesis; manage references and prepare concise summaries.
• Support data acquisition, extraction from approved sources, data cleaning, database maintenance, coding and basic descriptive analyses.
• Assist with participant recruitment, consent-taking, survey administration, follow-up calls and medical-record review where applicable.
• Prepare and maintain study documentation, including protocols, study manuals, data dictionaries, training materials and logs.
• Support ethics/regulatory submissions, amendments and progress reports under supervision.
• Coordinate project activities, scheduling, meeting minutes, action trackers and stakeholder liaison.
• Assist with procurement, logistics and organisation of seminars and academic events.
• Prepare abstracts, posters, manuscripts, data visualisations, slides and dashboards; contribute to dissemination and project demos.
• Maintain compliance with policies, PDPA, data security and safety requirements.
• Perform other duties incidental to the work described.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, Life Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Nursing, Allied Health, Psychology, Social Sciences, Epidemiology, Statistics, Data Science or related discipline

Tools

STATA

SPSS

R

Python

REDCap

EndNote

Zotero

Job description

Duke-NUS Medical School is seeking a Research Assistant to support planning and execution of research projects in the Office of Research at Outram Campus. The role involves coordinating activities, literature reviews and data management with a cross-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities include participant recruitment, data cleaning, documentation, and assisting with ethics submissions. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential, with a willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced