What are the responsibilities and job description for the Post Doctoral Fellow - Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy position at University of Houston?
Department: Phar Health Outcomes & Policy Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education
Description
Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.
The Mission of the P-HOPER Center is to conduct innovative population health outcomes research and offer educational programs that impact both the region and the nation. The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, home to leading clinical and academic programs. UH is also one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse public universities in the nation, with over 40,000 students.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work with real-world data and modern causal inference methods to inform clinical decision-making. Ongoing projects focus on the comparative effectiveness of drug therapies on using large-scale observational electronic health record data and local electronic health record data. The fellow’s responsibilities include analyzing large-scale observational electronic health records and claims data (e.g., Medicare), leading manuscript preparation, and presenting findings at national and international conferences.
The position is a two-year, full-time postdoctoral fellowship with competitive compensation and potential for renewal based on performance and funding availability.
Qualifications
MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.
All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.
The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.
Description
Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.
- Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
- Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
- May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
- May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
- May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
- Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
- May receive general supervision conferring with higher levels only in unusual situations.
- Performs other job-related duties as required.
The Mission of the P-HOPER Center is to conduct innovative population health outcomes research and offer educational programs that impact both the region and the nation. The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university and a member institution of the world-renowned Texas Medical Center, home to leading clinical and academic programs. UH is also one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse public universities in the nation, with over 40,000 students.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work with real-world data and modern causal inference methods to inform clinical decision-making. Ongoing projects focus on the comparative effectiveness of drug therapies on using large-scale observational electronic health record data and local electronic health record data. The fellow’s responsibilities include analyzing large-scale observational electronic health records and claims data (e.g., Medicare), leading manuscript preparation, and presenting findings at national and international conferences.
The position is a two-year, full-time postdoctoral fellowship with competitive compensation and potential for renewal based on performance and funding availability.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical health outcomes, (Pharmaco)epidemiology, Biostatistics, or a related field.
- Strong capabilities in quantitative healthcare data analysis (i.e., medical claims data, electronic medical records data, or registry data)
- Expertise in or a strong interest in machine learning and deep learning algorithms
- Research and publication experience in health outcomes research
- CV
- Cover letter
- Contact information for three references.
MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.
All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.
The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.