ACADEMIC FACULTY APPOINTMENT: The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine

A Tenure-Track Associate/Assistant Professor of Behavioural Epidemiology at Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine is expected to contribute to the development of research and teaching at the School. He/She is expected to undertake high quality internationally leading research in the area of behavioural epidemiology within the Population and Global Health Research Programme, in line with the overarching research strategy of Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), in addition to any other duties as assigned by the Vice Dean, Research and Dean.

The appointee will be expected to develop and pursue research focused on the behaviourial determinants of chronic disease in Asian populations, leveraging the SG100K longitudinal population cohort study, which comprises 100,000 Singaporeans from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The SG100K program is spearheaded by Prof. John Chambers, the Programme Director of the Population and Global Health Research Programme at LKCMedicine. With comprehensive behavioural, phenotypic, multi-omics data, electronic health record linkage, and prospective outcomes, the SG100K study represents a unique and state-of-the art platform for researchers to understand the etiology and pathogenesis of diverse disease outcomes in Asia, and to generate insights that have the potential to improve health outcomes for Asian populations globally. The SG100K population study has emerged as a key strategic resource for epidemiological and precision medicine research in Singapore, and is funded by the National Medical Research Council (NMRC), the National Research Foundation Singapore (NRF), the National Precision Medicine Program, as well as industry and philanthropic sources.

Key Responsibilities

Job Purpose:

• The appointee will be expected to undertake high quality research in the area of behavioural epidemiology, to understand how diet, physical activity and other behavioural choices influence health and wellbeing in Asian populations. The research should include both fundamental as well as clinical translational activities, with the goal of contributing to the development of effective public health interventions.

• The appointee will be expected to engage with large-scale population studies, in particular SG100K, in an effort to conduct behavioural epidemiological research focusing on physical activity and nutritional aspects that

• The appointee is expected to undertake teaching and educational responsibilities for the training of medical students and postgraduate research students. Teaching methods will include extensive use of team-based learning and e-learning.

• The appointee is expected to contribute to integration of the science relating to population and global health into the MBBS curriculum and to ensure the delivery of excellence in these areas, including the team-based delivery of the curriculum.

Primary Activities:

• Undertake high quality research activities by sustaining a personal research plan, developing innovative research proposals and funding bids, managing and undertaking research activities, publishing in international peer reviewed journals, reviewing manuscripts and grant applications when appropriate.

• Seek competitive grant and collaborative industry funding to develop a sustainable research programme.

• Contribute to, support and develop teaching and educational activity at undergraduate level and supervise undergraduate students.

• Contribute to, support and develop teaching and educational activity at undergraduate and graduate level and supervise undergraduate and graduate students.

• Develop and support research projects (including interdisciplinary) with other faculty in the field of Population and Global Health at LKCMedicine and across the wider NTU community. These may include research that pertains to all health aspects relating to population and global health, in particular in relation to the application of behavioural epidemiological methods to understand physical activity and nutritional drivers of chronic disease patterns and risk factors within SG100K.

• Supervise and mentor junior faculty members and research staff

• Participate in academic committees and meet other administrative requirements as appropriate.

Job descriptions cannot be exhaustive and the appointee may be required to undertake other duties which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities as assigned by the Vice Dean, Research and Dean.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:

• MBBS/MD and/or PhD degree(s)
• Relevant postdoctoral or clinical experience
• Significant experience and outstanding, record of translational clinical research and teaching with a high level of scientific achievement, productivity and impact in the field of behavioural epidemiology
• Experience in working with behavioural data especially physical activity data derived from wearables/questionnaires (e.g. IPAQ) and dietary data from food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) would be an advantage

Management and Teamwork:

• Ability to lead and work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work co-operatively with medical and non-medical staff
• Ability to supervise research staff and students

Communicating and Influencing:

• Ability to communicate effectively with staff and students
• Ability to motivate others

• Strong presentation skills
• Ability to work in a team

Desirable attributes:

• Experience and desire to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.
• Demonstrated ability to develop teams and to create networks.
• Fully conversant with patient-centred approach to modern medicine and the use of new technologies in both education and patient care.
• Understanding of the academic and administrative needs of internationally recognised universities.
• Ability to work in and develop teams and to create networks at both a national and international level.
• Track record of having supervised graduate students to successful completion of PhDs.

Time Commitment

The level of effort for this appointment is at 1.0 full time equivalent (FTE) employment.

The closing date for applications is 24 May 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: LKC