Research Mentor
We are excited to announce that BMY Health is seeking experienced Research Mentors to join our team and contribute to nurturing the next generation of researchers. This position offers a unique opportunity to guide and shape the development of research projects by our interns.
Details
Organization : BMY Health
Title : Senior Researcher
Job Type and Location : Part-time honorary contract , remote work
Hours : 1 hour per meeting estimated
Timings : between 9-11 pm PKT
Compensation : *Honorarium of 30 Cad per meeting as a mentor (total 12 meetings expected during project); Authorship will be given for additional support besides meetings to complete the manuscript for journal publication.
Contract Duration : 3/ 4 months depending upon project duration
Reporting Structure : Reporting directly to the Program Director.
Skills Required
Expertise in any basic or clinical field of medicine or allied health
Research methodology, study designs, awareness of handling biases.
Knowledge of biostatistics/ advanced data analytics in Stata, or R software
Manuscript writing and publishing in health journals.
Good English skills
Mentorship
Critical thinking, analytical skills, and creativity for presenting data.
Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel/SPSS
Familiar with Slack online workspace
Experience and expertise in at least one robust study design and complete information of its application, limitations, and biases.
*Mentors with access to data or having strong ideas and research topics with knowledge of data resources will be preferred. Busy professionals with access to data but lack of time can also add their assistant to support their mentoring with the incentive of authorship for the assistant.
Responsibilities
Mentorship: Assess the goals of interns in the start and provide advice and encouragement for supporting their goals and development.
Research Oversight: Guide interns on research methodologies, data analysis plans, and manuscript presentation, including critical review and approval of proposals and manuscript.
Intellectual Guidance: Offer constructive intellectual input to assist interns in the ideation and execution of their research projects.
Topic Selection: Help interns select innovative research topics leveraging your subject expertise and ensure the finalization of high-quality research questions.
Feedback: Provide timely and constructive feedback on intern assignments to enhance the quality and integrity of their research.
Data Presentation: Follow BMY Health standards of advanced statistical analysis and innovative presentation of data.
Availability: Commit to weekly scheduled mentoring session and be reasonably available to address intern queries.
Authorship: Also play role as author in the project
Organization's Commitment
Support: The Internship Director will provide necessary resources and support to empower you in your mentoring role and research and data analysis skills required in the project.
*Where clinician mentors are not confident to hold data analysis meetings for confounding control and interaction, regression, risk estimates, population parameters estimation and prediction of variables, additional mentors may be added in the study (from biostatistics/ epidemiology field) for these meetings in projects requiring advanced analysis.
However, all mentors applying for program must know what different analysis can be applied and how analysis decision affects tool development and study design.
Additional Benefits : Trainings ,Gain free access to our extensive training workshops to further your own knowledge and skills.