Clinical Research Coordinator (BE POSITIVE, Contract)

The Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD) at National Institute of Education (NIE) in collaboration with SingHealth Polyclinics will be launching the BE-POSITIVE study (Beginning Early: Singapore’s Ongoing Study starting in Infancy of Twenty-first-century skills, Individual differences and Variance in the Environment). Primary goal of this study is to better examine the interaction between home and school influences to understand child development and academic success, starting in ages 0-4. In this study, we invite children and their parents to come for neuropsychological assessments and behavioral observations.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with data collection. This will primarily involve children ranging from 0-4 and their parents/caregivers
• Perform data entry
• Assist with processing and analysis of neuropsychological data, behavioural observations and questionnaires
• Assist with logistics and administrative tasks
• Aid in protocol creations and other study documents as required
• Performing literature reviews where required
• Communicating testing progress to study PI in complete and timely manner

Requirements:

• Degree in Psychology/Science/Biology/Biomedical/Neuroscience
• Ability to read and write in English and Mother Tongue is essential for communication with parents
• Team player- To work with a large enthusiastic team with Principal Investigators, Clinical Research Coordinators and project managers
• Proactive, willing to learn, possess good communication skills and able to multi-task
• Enjoy working with young children
• Basic computer skills to administer computer based experiments