Research Assistant [LKCMedicine]

The Dementia Research Centre (Singapore) brings together novel digital tests, fluid biomarker discovery as well as state-of-the art neuroimaging techniques to understand Asian Dementia as well as to develop strategies to prevent and delay dementia. 

Through our work we hope to develop new, cost-effective tools to screen for and treat cognitive impairment years in advance to prevent dementia and reduce the burden of dementia on society, families, and caregivers.

This role will work on the digital health products being developed at the Dementia Research Centre (Singapore) to assist in improving these applications and developing new cognitive games. 
Developing and bringing the products from lab to market will also boost innovation and impact the space of dementia and health technology.
 

Job Description

• Design thinking and ideating
• User journey and experience mapping
• Cognitive game design
• Cognitive game development
• User interviewing
• Backend game data storing
• Data storing/cleaning
• Data analysis
• Assisting with app development with design and programming skills
• Take a lead role in ideation and design aspects of our cognitive apps, clinical interviewing, interacting with participants, data collection, processing and analysis for our digital solutions.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software engineering, or a related-field with hands-on experience in one or more of the following: digital projects, hackathons, innovative solutions
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Independent and can work well in a team
• Full-stack app development experience with Javascript and React/Vue
• Passion and interest for innovation in cognitive and mental healthcare

Hiring Institution: LKC