Research Associate, Department of Surgery Surgery, Medical College

Research Associate, Department of SurgeryDepartmentSurgery

EntityMedical College

LocationIntroductionAga Khan University, chartered in 1983 as Pakistan's first private international University, is committed to the provision of education, research, and health care based on international standards relevant to Pakistan and the region. The affiliated Aga Khan University Hospital provides state-of-the-art clinical facilities and well-equipped diagnostic services. The University currently has teaching sites in Pakistan, East Africa, the United Kingdom, and Afghanistan and is a major component of the Aga Khan Development Network.

The Department of Surgery provides comprehensive and sub-specialty care in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dental-Oral, Maxillo-Facial Surgery, General Surgery, Breast Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics Surgery, Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatrics Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Urology, and Vascular Surgery. The department has 120 full-time and part-time faculty committed to teaching and research. Formal structured undergraduate teaching, postgraduate residency, and fellowship programs are integrated into the academic functions of the department.

AKU is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to safeguarding and aims to adopt appropriate standards for ensuring and promoting a respectful relationship with and between all faculty, staff, trainees, volunteers, beneficiaries, wider communities, and other stakeholders with whom it works, including children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees/trainees and partners to share this commitment.

The Aga Khan University invites applications for the position of Research Associate in the Department of Surgery.

This is a short-duration contractual position that lasts six months.

ResponsibilitiesYou will be responsible for:

data collection from clinical areas and records, entry, analysis, cleaning, validation, and management

study progress reports writing and timely submission, safety reporting

manuscript writing, highlight potential areas of improvement in patient care

ERC submission, annual report preparation and submission, amendment/extension request submission

participation in regular monitoring

grant protocol draft writing, preparing a budget

preparing presentations and literature review

patient recruitment, data collection, patient questionnaire administration, and patient outcome assessment

participated in international conference abstracts, audits, etc.

RequirementsYou should have:

graduate or post-graduate degree in a health-related field (preferably medical sciences)

at least two years research experience in clinical or pharmaceutical sciences

competence in MS Office, SPSS, or any image analysis software will be considered advantageous.

To ApplyInterested candidates should send their CVs to human.resources@aku.edu and mark the subject with the position title.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Applications should be submitted latest bySeptember 26, 2024#J-18808-Ljbffr