epidemiologist - first shift.

job summary:
Improve disease understanding relevant to drug development: incidence, prevalence, risk factors, natural history course, treatment patterns, comorbidities, co-medications, outcome measures, phenotypes, biomarkers, unmet needs, and their variations across domains such as demographics and geographies.

 
location: Durham, North Carolina
job type: Contract
salary: $110.00 - 114.45 per hour
work hours: 8 to 4
education: Doctorate
 
responsibilities:
- Support clinical trial design, in particular identification of the target population, protocol development, patient recruitment and patient medical history data ascertainment.

- Contribute to medication safety evaluation: provide background event rates, synthesize existing evidence including through meta-analyses, and identify high-risk populations.

- Support post-marketing surveillance activities: risk evaluation mitigation strategies, epidemiology studies for signal detection and inference, post-authorization studies of treatment benefit and risk.

- Critically appraise existing epidemiology evidence and create new evidence through delivery of specific research plans/protocols and analysis of healthcare databases available.

 
qualifications:
- 5 years or more in Epidemiology in the pharmaceutical industry or equivalent experience in an academic or government setting.

- Significant experience applying epidemiologic methods to study a variety of questions in support of medicine development (safety, effectiveness, natural history of disease)

- Demonstrable experience leading pharmaco-epidemiologic research programs in a drug development environment

- Excellent oral and written communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate scientific evidence to peers and at scientific meetings.

Education:

- PhD required in epidemiology or a relevant discipline (i.e. health services research, health outcomes research, public health, statistics or pharmaceutical sciences)

 
skills: Clinical research, Epidemiology, Data Analysis, Health Economics

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.

At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

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 health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.