Seeking an experienced Epidemiologist (fully remote) to join a growing pharmaceutical team in a contract role supporting research across the drug development lifecycle. This position focuses on generating and evaluating epidemiologic evidence to inform clinical trial design, safety assessments, and post-marketing activities.
This is a one-year contract (potential for extension) starting in July.
location: Telecommute
job type: Contract
salary: $50.00 - 54.81 per hour
work hours: 9 to 5
education: Masters
responsibilities:
- Conduct epidemiologic research to enhance disease understanding and inform drug development, including analysis of incidence, prevalence, natural history, treatment patterns, and population variability across demographics and geographies.
- Support clinical trial and medication safety initiatives by identifying target populations, informing protocol design, assessing background event rates, and conducting meta-analyses to identify high-risk groups.
- Lead post-marketing and real-world evidence studies, including signal detection, risk mitigation, and benefit-risk evaluations, through critical appraisal of existing data and generation of new insights using internal healthcare databases.
qualifications:
Required:
- Master's degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, or a related field
- 3 years of experience as an Epidemiologist in the pharmaceutical industry, academia, or government
- Strong background applying epidemiologic methods to support drug development (e.g., safety, effectiveness, disease understanding)
- PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline (e.g., health services research, health outcomes research, public health, statistics, or pharmaceutical sciences)
- Pharmaceutical experience specifically supporting clinical development or post-marketing activities
- Experience working with real-world data or large healthcare databases
skills: Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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