Research Associate, Department of Orthopaedics

Research Associate, Department of Orthopaedics

Entity: Medical College

Location: Karachi, Pakistan

Introduction:

Aga 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.

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 Orthopaedics.

Responsibilities:

You 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
• coordinate investigators, research assistant, department/institution
• 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
• participation in international conference abstracts, audits, etc

Requirements:

You 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
• competent in MS Office, SPSS, or any image analysis software will be considered advantageous.
  
  Comprehensive reference checks will be conducted