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January 31, 0010
Outcomes Research Fellowship: Ethicon - Thomas Jefferson University
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Somerville, New Jersey, USA
Application deadline: January 31st, 2010
Thomas Jefferson University is accepting applications for a Post-Graduate Fellowship position related to Health Economics and Outcomes Research in medical devices that will be funded through Ethicon, Inc, a global medical device company. This position will provide tuition and stipend, and require allocation of time between research projects and coursework.
This innovative two-year post-graduate fellowship will provide the opportunity to conceptualize, implement, evaluate, and disseminate the results of medical device-related health economics and outcomes research. This fellowship program will expose the Fellow to the science of evidenced-based medicine, the global evidence requirements landscape, and the tools and resources required for surgical healthcare decision-making. In addition, the Fellow will gain research skills for evaluating the quality, safety, and cost of medical devices in the US marketplace as well as exposure to Health Technology Assessment and Market Access issues globally. Fellows also have the opportunity to take courses and pursue a master’s degree at Jefferson in one of several disciplines, including Public Health, Health Policy and Health Care Quality and Safety. Graduates of the program will be well prepared for positions with Medical Device companies, broad health care delivery systems, and payer and health technology assessment organizations.
The Fellow will be selected on a competitive basis from a national pool of candidates with scientific and/ or clinical training in healthcare (examples include biomedical engineering, nursing, medicine, public health, epidemiology, health economics, pharmacy) and a stated interest in Health Economics and/or Outcomes Research. Individuals who have completed relevant graduate (masters or PhD) coursework will be preferred.
The fellowship will begin July 2010. The first year of the program will be based at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia and the second year will be at the corporate site of Ethicon in Somerville, NJ. More information on the fellowship is available at http://www.jefferson.edu/population_health/research/fellowships.cfm. To be considered for an interview, please email your curriculum vitae, 3 references and statement of interest by January 31st, 2010 to the following email addresses:
Laura T. Pizzi, Pharm D, MPH
Program Director, Health Economics and Outcomes Research
Jefferson School of Population Health
E-mail: Laura.Pizzi@jefferson.edu
Marcia Rupnow, PhD
Director, Health Economics & Reimbursement
Ethicon, Inc.
E-mail: mrupnow1@its.jnj.com
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