Research Fellow: Health Systems Data Science & NLP

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic institution in Singapore is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to lead a project on patient-reported outcomes using Natural Language Processing and Item Response Theory. This role involves managing a research project, mentoring students, and contributing to course design, with a competitive salary and opportunity for tenure track based on performance. Interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter through the job portal.

Benefits

Highly competitive remuneration packages

Access to travel support for conferences

Qualifications

• Doctoral degree in a relevant discipline.
• Experience in Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or Item Response Theory (IRT) methods.
• Proven track record in handling large healthcare datasets.

Responsibilities

• Manage and lead the proposed research project.
• Establish an independent research programme.
• Provide support for collaborative research within CRiHSP.

Skills

Natural Language Processing

Item Response Theory

Programming in R

Programming in Python

Strong communication skills

Leadership skills

Project management skills

Education

Doctoral degree in Health Services Research

Doctoral degree in Public Health

Doctoral degree in Statistics

Doctoral degree in Psychometrics

Doctoral degree in Psychology

Job description

A leading academic institution in Singapore is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to lead a project on patient-reported outcomes using Natural Language Processing and Item Response Theory. This role involves managing a research project, mentoring students, and contributing to course design, with a competitive salary and opportunity for tenure track based on performance. Interested candidates should submit a CV and cover letter through the job portal.