Project Manager, Brain and Mind Institute at Aga Khan University Hospital

Job Summary

As part of a Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative funded project titled “Cultural Adaptation and Validation of Cognitive Tests, Functional Assessments, and Biomarkers in People with Dementia Project”, this position will support the Principal Investigators to carry out the project aims. A culmination of assigned tasks will ensure that the project adheres to ethical guidelines and regulations; required number of research participants are recruited, consented, and followed up; data collected is clean, kept private and confidential.

The initial contract will run for one and a half years.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of tools including adapting, translating, pilot testing, and calibrating research tools;
• Streamlining the data collection tools within the preferred electronic platform;
• Mobilisation of study sites and key people in authority within the preferred research sites;
• Locating, recruitment and consenting of study participants;
• Planning and monitoring of research activities by students;
• Administration and scoring of neuropsychological interviews, tests, and questionnaires to participants;
• Timely, preferably daily, submission of all data collected;
• Retrieval of secondary data from electronic health records for input into study database;
• Cleaning, reviewing, and entering data into study database;
• Summary analyses, reporting and storage of data in private and confidential manner;
• Ensure study supplies are stored safely and accounted for including any monies allotted to study activities;
• Ensure compliance with ethics and study protocol, including policies and regulations related to safety, privacy, and confidentiality;
• Prepare basic field reports for review by the project coordinator/leads;
• Develop and monitor a study risk register as per AKU’s Audit guidelines.
• Work with project leads to initiate reporting of research experiences and outcomes as well as expenses incurred as required by ethics and funders among other interested persons;
• Liaise with project leads to ensure all project assets are accounted for;
• Participate in research dissemination activities (presentations, publications, etc.) and
• Any other related responsibilities as assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• Master’s level training in a related field (i.e., Biomedical Sciences; Neuropsychology, Psychometrics, Social Sciences, Anthropology, Public Health);
• Completion of doctoral level coursework and clinical training is an advantage;
• 3-5 years of experience in research with preference for managing multi-component projects;
• At least 1 year of experience in field data collection preferably in community and hospital settings;
• Educational or experiential knowledge of psychological and neuropsychological test administration in aging populations and psychometrics;
• Experience in using SPSS or any other quantitative statistical software;
• Academic exposure and interest in neuroanatomy and brain-behaviour relationships is an advantage;
• Peer-reviewed publications, presentations, or other records of scholarly output;
• Keen ability to work independently, show initiative, and take ownership, as well as a natural problem solver with a goal-oriented mindset;
• Excellent inter-personal relationship with ability to work well with study participants, colleagues and full spectrum of academic staff from trainees to senior faculty members and researchers, located in different geographic zones; and
• Ability to work within short deadlines even outside normal working hours to meet targets.