Doctoral/ Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Aga Khan University

• Identification and collation of COVID -19 data and information collected by different hospital departments, units and individuals
• Review and cleaning of Covid-19 data to tease out potentially publishable material
• Supporting pre-identified research teams in synthesis of data in format readily amenable to interrogation by scientific manuscript preparation research teams.
• Work with research teams to raise research questions and drafting of concept notes and proposals for ethics approval or exemption
• Take a leading role in drafting of manuscripts for submission to peer review journals
• Maintain inventory of AKUHN past and ongoing covid-19 related research work.
• Contribute to writing of new research grants in Infectious diseases with priority on COVID-19
• Participate in recruitment, training and mentorship of research assistants
• Promote multi-disciplinary and cross department/entity collaboration

Requirements

Educational Qualifications:

• Preferably, a doctoral degree in social, health sciences or a related field of relevance to advancement of knowledge in Infectious Diseases.
• Holders of MSc in Infectious diseases with scientific publication track record in their final stage of PhD completion.
• Track record of publication in the peer-reviewed journals and experience in grant-writing
• Demonstrated strong interest and experience in the field of Infectious Diseases
• Competence in use of quantitative statistical softwares. Use of qualitative software use by quantitative researchers (and vice-versa) would offer advantage
• Demonstrable experience of supervision and mentorship members of researcher teams