Imperial Global Singapore - Assistant Programme Director, IN-CYPHER

Contract Type: Fixed-Term (48 months) /Contract

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Imperial College London  and Nanyang Technological University (NTU)  are seeking an Assistant Programme Director for the Imperial/NTU CYber Protection for HEalthcaRe (IN-CYPHER)  research programme on the cybersecurity of connected medical devices and systems. This senior role will be responsible for leading the coordination of the IN-CYPHER research team, working across the themes in collaboration with the Programme Co-Directors. The research programme is based at the newly established Imperial Global Singapore (IGS) as National Research Foundations Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE) located on the campus of the National University of Singapore.

IN-CYPHER is comprised of four interacting themes, spanning the design of intelligent medical devices through to the use of their data in informing personalised healthcare. Allied to other programmes in Singapore and the UK, it represents a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of research and development into securing the vital information that flows between implantable, wearable and connected medical devices, including those currently in use, and those yet to be developed. The four themes of IN-CYPHER are: 

• Theme 1 Protecting Implantable Devices
• Theme 2 Securing Connected Wearables & Healthcare Systems
• Theme 3 Algorithms for Privacy, Security and Provenance
• Theme 4 Clinical Innovation & Translation

Given the span of the IN-CYPHER programme, we are looking to build up an interdisciplinary team of highly motivated engineers, scientists, and researchers to represent the founding team of the IN-CYPHER programme. The Assistant Programme Director, IN-CYPHER will be tasked with leading the coordination of this team working across the themes in collaboration with the Programme Co-Directors.

The collaborating Departments include senior academics from the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction  and the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial  – the largest Biomedical Engineering Department in the UK – and senior researchers from the School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCSE) , School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering  and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine  at Nanyang Technological University. Candidates will be employed by Imperial Global Singapore, a research division of Imperial College London, consistently ranked within the top 10 of the QS University Rankings. Candidates must be resident and based in Singapore, but there will be opportunities for research visits to Imperial’s London-based locations.

Full Job Description: Job Description - Assistant Programme Director IN-CYPHER

Please apply via the 'Apply' button, applicants will need to include a Cover Letter and CV with publication list.

Final application submission 7 May 2024.

Informal enquiries: Professor Anil Bharath [email protected]

Questions about the recruitment process Alex Page, Head of Operations [email protected] .