Research Associate
Research Associate
Tung Wah College
Established by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (“TWGHs”) in 2010, Tung Wah College (TWC) is a self-financing degree-granting institution registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap.320). Following the educational ideals of TWGHs and leveraging on its renowned strengths and expertise, TWC aims to provide high quality tertiary education to nurture competent, socially responsible and caring professionals for the benefits of society.
With the staunch support of TWGHs, TWC has been developing rapidly and built up a niche in healthcare education. It is the first self-financing tertiary institution offering six professionally accredited degrees to train nurses and allied health professionals such as medical laboratory technologists, occupational therapists, diagnostic radiographer, therapeutic radiographer and physiotherapists. Besides, the College is also the first institution registered under Cap. 320 offering early childhood education degree and higher diploma programmes to train qualified kindergarten teachers and childcare professionals.
Currently, TWC has 4 schools (namely School of Arts and Humanities, School of Management, School of Medical and Health Sciences, and School of Nursing) running a total of 20 doctoral degree, bachelor degree, sub-degree, diploma and certificate programmes in various disciplines. It has a student population of around 5,000 in 2025/2026 and nurtured more than 7,200 graduates since its inception in 2010.
Being a young and vibrant institution, TWC aspires to become a leading private university in the long term. It is planning to launch a number of new programmes, strengthen teaching and learning facilities and quality, and enhance research capability etc. in coming years. To cope with its continuous development, we are now inviting highly qualified candidates to fill the following post:
Duties and Responsibilities
The appointee will provide support to the project “Diagnosis accuracy of a combination of near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and plasma biomarkers”. Duties will be required but not limited to:
- reviewing literature;
- providing administrative support;
- overseeing and executing quantitative data collection, ensuring data quality and organization.
- coordinating communication across the research team and assisting in compiling progress and research reports.
- coordinating daily logistics and scheduling for the research team.
- conducting data analysis using SPSS, NVivo, or other tools such as Python and R;
- performing other tasks and duties as assigned to support the operation of the project.
Qualifications and Experience Required
Applicants should:
- hold a valid license as a Registered Occupational Therapist (Part I/Part II) or registered healthcare professionals in his/her own region (preferably);
- possess a Bachelor’s degree or above in Occupational Therapy;
- have at least one year of clinical or research experience;
- good interpersonal skills, and a strong sense of responsibility;
- the ability to multitask independently; and
- proficiency in both written and spoken Chinese (Cantonese) and English.
Applicants with less experience will be considered for Research Assistant.
Application
Salary will be competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
To apply, please submit your application via system. The College reserves the right to fill or not to fill the post. Applicants who are not contacted by the College 6 months after the application deadline may consider their applications unsuccessful. For enquiries, please phone or send WhatsApp to 9172-8618.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2026 (Tuesday)
All information and personal data collected will be used solely for recruitment related purposes. For more information about the College, please visit our website: https://www.twc.edu.hk.
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