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June 21, 2008
Principal Associate and Senior Associate: Abt Associates
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts; Bethesda, Maryland; Durham, North Carolina, USA
Req # 2008-2347 and 2008-2619
Abt Associates is an employee-owned, for-profit government and business research and consulting firm with approximately 1050 employees in the U.S. and over 30 other countries. Our clients include U.S. federal, state, and local government organizations; foreign governments; international organizations; foundations; nonprofit associations and institutions; and business and industry. Federal government agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and National Institutes of Health call on us to help design, implement and evaluate their key programs and to research pressing health policy issues. We provide unbiased research and analysis to private clients and foundations in areas of health care finance, disease prevention, cost-effectiveness analysis, public health and promotion.??
The Domestic Health Division has immediate openings for senior PhD or Masters-level researchers.
Successful applicants should be prepared to:
- Assume a lead role in business development activities for current and new clients in the federal and state governments, private organizations and foundations;
- Direct projects of varying size and complexity and manage mid and junior-level staff;
- Design policy-relevant research and analytic approaches in collaboration with clients;
- Establish themselves as experts in the field, capably present at client and professional meetings;
- Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills and creativity.
- Communicate results in a clear and compelling manner to technical and lay audiences.
Requirements: Applicants for the Principal Associate position should possess Masters (with 15 years experience) or Doctoral degree (preferred) and 10 plus years experience. Applicants for the Senior Associate position should possess Masters (with 13 years experience) or Doctoral degree (preferred) and 8 plus years experience leading behavioral health, health policy, health economics or clinical outcomes research.
- Thorough knowledge of the behavioral health, health policy, or clinical research “industry,” providers and payers, managed care organizations, consumers and their advocates, and federal and state agencies and regulatory policy.
- Working knowledge of existing data sources such as claims and encounter data and the appropriate analytic methods and models associated with using data in policy analyses.
- Command of quantitative and qualitative research design methods.
- Experience with Medicare and/or Medicaid policy desirable.
Please apply online at http://jobs-abtassociates.icims.com/
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Abt Associates provides market-competitive salaries and comprehensive employee benefits.
