Life Science Research Analyst

Role overview

Life Science Research Analyst at CapeStart

We are seeking a Life Science Research Analyst with about 4 years of experience in systematic literature reviews (SLR), targeted literature reviews (TLR) and meta-analysis support.

Responsibilities

• You will execute review projects under the guidance of a project lead, from search and screening through reporting.
• Support protocol development, research questions, eligibility criteria and search strategies, including repeat searches and comparison of search outputs against reference sets.
• Support meta-analysis, including preparing data for quantitative synthesis and interpreting outputs.
• Maintain version control and respond to reviewer comments with documented change logs.

Required qualifications

• Minimum qualification: Degree in Life Sciences, Pharmacy, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Biomedical Sciences, Toxicology or a related discipline, with relevant experience in literature review and evidence synthesis.

Employment details

• Location: Chennai [Tamil Nadu] [India], Nagercoil [Tamil Nadu] [India]

Application details

• Apply PRISMA and accepted evidence synthesis methods throughout.

Benefits

• You will work with AI-assisted review workflows across human, animal and mechanistic evidence streams, with a focus on accuracy, traceability and timely delivery for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and public health clients.

Additional role details

• Execute SLR and TLR tasks end to end: literature searches, deduplication, title/abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction and evidence synthesis.
• Extract structured data with source-level traceability (quotes and page references) using standardized templates, including data from tables and figures.
• Validate AI-generated screening and extraction outputs, including table and figure parsing, against source documents and human-reviewed results, and document discrepancies.
• Conduct risk of bias and quality assessments using tools suited to the study type (human observational, animal and mechanistic studies).
• Prepare evidence tables, summaries, reports and presentations, and produce accessible Word and PDF deliverables.
• Contribute to quality checks and peer review of project outputs.
• Take part in regular project status meetings and keep trackers up to date.