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機関名 ：リサーチ・アシスタント （6 ヶ月間の短期雇用契約）
国立大学法人 長崎大学

部署名 ：Website :大学院 熱帯医学・グローバルヘルス研究科
http://www.tmgh.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/?lang=ja
http://www.tmgh.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/?lang=en
感染症や栄養に関連する疫学研究/臨床研究の経験があるリサーチ・アシスタント（フ求人内容 :ルタイム）を公募します。
フィリピンにおける結核研究のセットアップ及び実施のサポートが主な業務内容となり、マニラにあるサンラザロ病院への出張・フィリピン国内出張・日本国内出張を含みます。
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Research Assistant – short term contract 6 months
Institution: School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (TMGH), Nagasaki University, Japan
A research assistant with experience in epidemiological or clinical research in infectious diseases and ornutrition is required to support the setup and implementation of TB research studies in the Philippines
with Professor Sharon Cox (jointly appointed to Nagasaki University and the London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine, UK) partnered with the Nutrition Centre Philippines. This includes a multisite
outpatient cohort study following TB outpatients throughout their course of anti-TB treatment and phase
2 of an inpatient TB cohort at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. The position will be based full time in theNagasaki University – San Lazaro Collaborative Research Office, Manila, the Philippines with travel within
the Philippines and possibly Japan.
A longer term opportunity as academic research staff at Nagasaki University/LSHTM will become available
within the duration of this position and dependent on performance and suitability, the person appointed
to this position will be encouraged to apply.
Qualifications:
Desirable: MSc or PhD in a relevant topic
 Clinical qualification in home country, especially with infectious diseases specialist training
Skills and experience:
Required: Demonstrated, project/team management skills, preferably of health care professionals.
 Work experience in low-middle income countries, preferably involving epidemiological or clinicalresearch Flexibility and ability to prioritize tasks.
Desired:• Experience in database design and management, preferably Open Data Kit, DHIS-2, OpenClinicaor MySQL.
• Data analysis skills• Good scientific writing skills
For more information please contact: sharoncox@nagasaki-u.ac.jp with “research assistant enquiry” inthe subject header.

Detailed Terms of Reference:
1. TB outpatient cohort – St-ATT study. This cohort study will enroll 800 TB patients in 3 regionsin the Philippines from TB-DOTS centres including DS-TB patients and DR-TB patients enrolledon the WHO shorter regiment at participating iDOTS centres. The study is designed to assess
the effects of malnutrition and diabetes on programmatic TB outcomes and total patient
costs. Ethical approvals are in process and site selection of TB DOTS clinics in 3 regions in thePhilippines is ongoing. Data collection tools and SOPs etc have been drafted but notcompleted.
TASKS
A. Completion of site selection and preparation of sites including logistics of sample
processing and storage and regional hub office and lab sites and assistance with thedetailed immunological sub-study at San Lazaro Hospital (SLH) site.
B. Completion of all SOPs/logs and reference worksheets and field manual for the datacollection.
C. Completion of data collection tools using the ODK platform for the ST-ATT study – drafts
already completed and technical support available from Nagasaki.
D. Completion of the budget and ToR for the sub-contract between Nutrition Centre
Philippines and Nagasaki TMGH for conduct of the data collection for the ST-ATT studyfor 2018-2019.
E. Completion of hiring and training of clinical field research assistants – by providing thenecessary inputs to Nutrition Centre Philippines staff and assisting with the selection andinterview process.
F. Implement reproducible, documented and where possible, automated data quality
monitoring and reporting processes.
G. Registration of the study protocol for the St-ATT study and nested immunological substudy at the San Lazaro Hospital site in Manila
2. TB inpatient cohort – MAL-TB2. This is phase 2 of an inpatient cohort study of acutely unwellpatients admitted to the TB ward at SLH. Ethical approval is in place and draft SOPs and ODKdata collection forms/database are near complete. The study is designed to assess thediagnosis and management of malnutrition and diabetes and their effect on inpatientmortality. The person is required to support the existing local clinical research nurse tocomplete preparations for this study including:
A. Completion of laboratory SOPs and lab data collection tools.
B. Completion of the detailed budget plan including ordering of clinical and laboratory
consumables.
C. Completion of hiring and training of clinical research assistants for conduct of the study.
3. Assisting with data analysis and write up of completed previous research - If time permits: