Research / Project Positions

The appointee will assist the Principal Investigator in all research-related activities, including:
(a) conducting psychiatric assessments and consultations;
(b) providing professional advice and information to participants;
(c) reporting the mental conditions of the principal researcher;
(d) liaising and communicating with healthcare professionals;
(e) conducting crisis interventions, if needed;
(f) performing any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

Applicants should have:
- have a recognised master degree in psychiatric nursing or an equivalent qualification;
- be a registered psychiatric nurse with over 10 years of psychiatric nursing experience;
- have a psychiatric nursing speciality qualification;
- have experience in conducting mental assessments of individuals with early psychosis, depression, and anxiety disorders;
- have a good track record of research and publication;
- have a passion for interacting with youths who have mental distress;
- have a good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese;
- have good interpersonal and communication skills, and be able to work independently.

The appointee will assist the Principal Investigator in all research-related activities, including:
(a) assisting in the project management;
(b) coordinating with the partners and the project team;
(c) providing support for the preparation of research materials;
(d) assisting in recruitment, data collection, data entry and data analysis;
(e) conducting a literature search;
(f) assisting in the preparation of abstracts, manuscripts and reports;
(g) performing any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

Applicants should have:
- a recognised degree in Social Sciences, Psychology or an equivalent qualification;
- good research knowledge related to and skills in conducting qualitative studies;
- a passion for helping individuals with mental distress;
- proficiency in computer software, such as Microsoft Office and NVivo, etc.;
- good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese;
- good interpersonal and communication skills, and be able to work independently.

The appointee will be responsible to: (a) assist in the management of the project; (b) coordinate with collaborative partners and project team; (c) provide support for the preparation of research material; (d) assist in recruitment, data collection, data entry and data analysis; (e) conduct literature research; (f) assist in the preparation of abstracts, manuscripts and reports; and (g) perform any other duties as assigned by the project leader or his/her delegates.

Applicants should: (a) have a recognized bachelor degree or above in Nursing, Social Sciences Social Sciences, Psychology or other related disciplines or equivalent qualification; (b) have research knowledge and skills in conducting quantitative studies; (c) have good computer knowledge such as MS Office, SPSS, etc.; (d) have good command of both written and spoken in English and Chinese; (e) have good interpersonal and communication skill; and (f) be able to work independently.

Three appointees will be appointed for three different disciplines respectively (i.e., Accounting & Finance / Corporate Administration; Entrepreneurship / Management; Hotel & Tourism / Marketing). Each of them will be responsible to assist administrative and coordinating work for the research project. Tasks include: (a) conducting literature review; (b) collecting data and conducting data analysis; (c) managing and updating existing databases; (d) preparing reports; and (e) performing other duties as assigned.

Applicants should have (a) a recognised Bachelor's degree or above; (b) relevant research experience in the handling of data analysis and good knowledge such as SPSS, SQL and MS Access; (c) good at communication and interpersonal skill; (d) positive attitude with good team spirit; (e) a good command of written and spoken English and Chinese (including Putonghua); and (f) proficiency in computer applications.

The appointee will be responsible to assist with the administrative and coordination of the research project. Tasks include: (a) making arrangement to ensure a smooth research study; (b) collecting data and conducting data analysis; (c) preparing reports; and (d) performing other assigned duties.

Applicants should have (i) a bachelor's degree in nursing, health science, gerontology, mental health or psychology; (ii) 3-4 years of research experience and knowledge of qualitative research; and (iii) some working experiences in gerontology and long-term care settings.

The appointee will assist the Principal Investigator in all research related activities, include (i) arranging and conducting survey questionnaires, interviews & focus groups with parents; (ii) conducting data analysis of the quantitative data and qualitative verbatim transcription; (iii) assisting in drafting operational manuals, forms, templates and reports; (iv) drafting research manuscripts for presentation/publication in conferences/journals; (v) performing other tasks as assigned.

Applicants should have (i) a Bachelor's degree, preferably with a Master's/MPhil degree in Social Sciences or a related discipline; (ii) solid training and experience in research methods, using SPSS software; (iii) excellent English and Chinese proficiency.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Apart from conducting researches, securing external research grants, and undertaking research and scholarly tasks as the main duties, the appointee shall also be responsible for teaching in related areas, and other assigned duties.  

Applicants should have (a) an earned and recognized Doctorate degree in either nursing, health sciences, mental health, psychology or relevant disciplines; (b) previous experiences in handling qualitative research or in gerontology and long-term care, and healthcare issues, and (c) relevant teaching / professional / research experiences. Preference will be given to those with doctoral degree having teaching experience in degree programmes / proven research record. Less experience will be considered as Research Associate / Research Assistant.

The appointee, as the "Centre Manager", will assist the Centre Director to oversee the daily operations of the Caregiver Research & Development Centre (CRC). Tasks will include:

• identify resources and assist to prepare and write up research or service project proposals,
• conduct research studies (quantitative and qualitative), and service projects on caregiving,
• conduct data analysis of the quantitative data and qualitative verbatim transcription independently,
• organize workshops, seminars, international conferences and other academic-related events,
• draft research manuscripts and powerpoints for publication / presentation in journals / conferences, as well as prepare teaching materials, manuals, forms, template and reports,
• communicate/liaise with collaborating organizations and experts,
• lead and supervise RAs and student helpers to carry out various tasks,
• assist the Centre Director to carry out financial management of and resource acquisition for the CRC,
• performing other tasks as assigned.

Applicants should have

• A Master degree, preferably a PhD degree, in Social Sciences or a related field,
• At least 5 years of relevant research experiences,
• Proficiency and experiences in quantitative and qualitative data analysis,
• Excellent proficiency in oral and written English and Chinese,
• an ability to work independently & competently,
• Experiences in supervising or working with other research staff.

The appointee will be responsible to assist staff members within the School to conduct administrative and coordinating research activities and research projects. Tasks include: (a) literature search, (b) coordinating research work, (c) collecting data and conducting data analysis; (d) preparing reports; and (e) performing other duties as assigned.

Applicants should have (i) at least a bachelor's degree in nursing, health science, allied health backgrounds, or statistics-related qualifications; (ii) 3-4 years of research experience and knowledge of quantitative research, and prior experience of conducting statistical analysis are preferred.

The appointee will assist in research activities for one of the following funded FDS research projects:

Developing Efficient Cartoon Animation Editing Pipeline via Deep Entity Recognition and Motion Analysis [UGC/FDS11/E02/23]

A Transformer-based Method for Refining and Abstracting Sketches at Different Levels of Details [UGC/FDS11/E02/24]
 

Typical tasks will include, but are not limited to:

1. Preparing and annotating training datasets;
2. Implementing and optimizing proposed deep learning algorithms;
3. Conducting ablation analysis and comparative experiments;
4. Organizing and performing user studies and evaluations; and
5. Documenting results and preparing technical reports and manuscripts.

1. Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related disciplines;
2. Research experience in deep learning, computer vision, or image processing, with proven ability to work independently;
3. Competency in developing deep learning models using standard libraries and frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow;
4. Good communication, interpersonal skills, and teamwork spirit; and
5. Publication experience in peer-reviewed conferences or journals is desirable but not mandatory.