1) Core Discovery Research, Empowering Science: Basic neuroscience research and advanced computational models to understand individual neurocognitive potential, developmental trajectories, and risk and resilience factors;
2) Translation to Clinic & Pedagogy, Empowering Practitioners: Developing precision assessment and intervention tools to optimise parent-child social and mental health within clinical, education and community settings;
3) Translation to Real-World Technologies, Empowering Families: Creating scalable solutions and real-world technologies for parents to enhance their child’s mental and cognitive wellbeing at home
For more details, please view https://www.ntu.edu.sg/empower
We are looking for an experienced Research Assistant to work closely with a team of researchers, led by PI – Professor Victoria Leong, and to drive and fulfill research deliverables and milestones within a tight timeline. The postholder is expected to render research support to the Centre’s Director, Professor Victoria Leong and collaborators, on basic and translational projects with a focus on early childhood development.
- Perform participant recruitment, data collection and basic data analysis
- Design and validate novel cognitive tasks
- Assist with data coding of video and audio data for behavioural analysis of parent-infant social interaction and synchrony
- Assist with graduate and undergraduate research student projects
- Provide other administrative and research support to the PI where necessary
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the setup and execution of experiments
- Ensure that all experimental protocols are followed
- Develop relationships with clinicians and other professionals to help advise on achievement of project goals.
- Plan, prepare, and run focus group activities with parents, clinicians and other interested parties
- Ensure that all participant data is managed appropriately and following university protocols.
- Collect, record, and maintain accurate data from experiments
- Assist in data analysis and the preparation of reports and presentations for dissemination
- Monitor project timelines and milestones, and prepare reports for regular review.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Sciences or related Technical and Computational fields;
- Experience with human psychological data collection, working with children (particularly infants) and families or running focus.
- Good verbal and written communication skills. This includes the ability to communicate sensitively with parents who may be worried about their child’s development
- Good organisational and administrative skills
- Able to work independently and to adapt flexibly to changes in timelines or project goals
- Experience analysing qualitative and/or quantitative data would be an advantage.
Desired
- Experience with EEG and/or eye-tracking data collection;
- Experience working in mental health settings;
- Skills in programming and/or computational analysis of data;
- Interest in parent-child social interaction and the development of early cognition
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Hiring Institution: NTU
