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July 30, 2010
Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Pharmaceutical Economics and Health Policy: Temple University
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Deadline Date: 07/30/2010
The Center for Healthcare Research and Management located in the Fox School of Business and Management at Temple University invites applications for one post-doctoral fellowship for immediate filling in the area of pharmaceutical economics and health policy research. Research will cover topics with public health policy and commercial applications on the dynamics and implications surrounding bioequivalent and therapeutic switching that occurs between branded and generic drugs for a particular therapy class. Experience in quantitative modeling and programming expertise applied to extremely large and complex databases, knowledge of public policy and commercial issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry, experience with or the ability to learn very quickly work on pharmaceutical physician-level prescription and anonymized patient-level drug-utilization databases, and a passion to study issues critical to the drug industry are highly desirable. The initial appointment will be for one calendar year from the target start date of 09/01/2010 with a possibility of renewal based on research success.
This is an excellent opportunity for new or recent PhD graduates to apply research methods on extremely large and unique pharmaceutical databases not publicly available, benefit from an active interdisciplinary research environment, engage in exciting research affecting a critical industry and patients taking the drugs being analyzed, and interact with pharmaceutical industry and academic experts.
PhD degree with experience no more than 2 years since graduation in Economics, Health Economics, Marketing or other quantitative disciplines with experience in health/pharmaceutical economics is required.
Responsibilities include:
- Organize all databases required for analysis via computer programming techniques.
- Conduct complex statistical/econometric analyses.
- Prepare project reports, collaborate with internal and external research team members, and complete research articles for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
- Disseminate findings at major conferences and professional pharmaceutical meetings.
- Share research findings and implications for commercial and public policy applications with the pharmaceutical company funding this research fellowship position.
Please submit in one email a curriculum vitae, cover letter describing research interests and training/background consistent with the requirements noted above, completed research paper, and two letters of reference to george.chressanthis@temple.edu.
For more information, email questions to: george.chressanthis@temple.edu.
Keywords: pharmaceutical economics, bioequivalent and therapeutic brand-generic drug substitution, health policy
