Research Associate III
at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Maryland, Maryland, USA -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 13 Sep, 2024 | Not Specified | 18 Jun, 2024 | N/A | Industrial Engineering,Epidemiology,R,Microsoft Excel,Mathematics,Discrete Event Simulation,Computer Skills,Statistics,Research,Decision Trees,Microsoft Word,Leadership,Economics,Microsoft Powerpoint | No | No |
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Description:
We are looking for a Research Associate III (Senior Health Economist - HEOR) to implement simulation models using R (e.g., discrete event simulation) and other decision-analytic models (e.g., Markov, individual state-transition, survival partition) to assess the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions. Manage multiple projects with tasks varying to degree by project.
COMPUTER SKILLS:
- Required: Excel, R and VBA expertise, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Desired: Experience using other simulation and/or decision-analysis software.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- PhD or Master’s degree in Economics, Statistics, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering or related field with Bachelor’s degree in a similar program (Mathematics, Economics, Epidemiology) and greater than 2 years of relevant work experience or Bachelor’s degree with 5 years of relevant experience of programming simulation models (e.g., discrete event simulation) or other decision analytic models (e.g., decision trees, Markov, individual state-transition, survival partition) in Microsoft Excel with R or VBA.
If you resonate with our core competencies and want to contribute to research and consulting services driven by world-class science and thought leadership, then please submit your application – we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for assisting the Principal Investigator with project management scoping, tracking progress, and delegating tasks to the project teams working on multiple projects. You will also:
- Implement one or more of the following with guidance from the Principal Investigator:
- Design and development of health economic (HEOR) modelling to conduct cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses of healthcare interventions.
- Program the models using Microsoft Excel with R or Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or simulation specialized software and conduct model validations.
- Conduct literature reviews with emphasis on extracting data pertinent to health economic evaluations and cost-effectiveness analyses.
- Conduct basic statistical analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics and regression analysis)
- Support development and maintenance of scientific resources (e.g., model templates, modeling training manuals).
- Draft project deliverables (e.g., Excel with R or VBA based models, user guides, model specifications and technical reports) and draft abstracts and sections of manuscripts with possible co-authorship.
- Responsible for developing a project plan and monitoring project progress (budget, timelines and deliverables) for multiple projects.
- Delegate tasks to junior staff as appropriate.
- Travel may be required.
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Information Technology/IT
IT Software - Other
Other
Graduate
Microsoft excel with r or vba
Proficient
1
Maryland, USA