Research Assistant, Health Economics

4 weeks ago

Boston, United States Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Full time
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is an innovative, independent non-profit healthcare research organization dedicated to improving the application of evidence throughout the healthcare system. ICER produces influential public reports evaluating the clinical effectiveness and value of new treatments, tests, and delivery system interventions. These reports have strongly influenced insurance coverage policies and clinical guidelines while gaining prominence within the national debate over the cost of health care. ICER thrives on the entrepreneurial spirit of its employees to empower patients, clinicians, and policymakers in their quest for better care at lower costs. In everything we do, our organization seeks to foster an honest public dialogue about the evidence on effectiveness and value and to translate this evidence into action to improve patient care.

ICER is looking to expand its team, which includes a diverse set of clinicians, researchers, and policy experts. We are seeking a Research Assistant, Health Economics to assist with the health technology assessment activities that serve as the backbone for all our work. Details on the specific responsibilities and minimum qualifications are provided below.

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Senior Vice President for Health Economics, as well as other members of the Health Economics team, the Research Assistant will participate in multiple scientific activities, including:
  • Assist with the identification of economic and epidemiologic information from published studies and other data sources to support analyses of cost-effectiveness and budgetary impact of health interventions
  • Manage access to databases with relevant information on pharmaceutical pricing, cost-effectiveness, and other data as available
  • Conduct stress tests, quality checks, programming code review, and other debugging activities for cost-effectiveness analyses developed by ICER's internal team and external collaborators
  • Use outputs from ICER's cost-effectiveness models to conduct analyses of the potential budgetary impact of the intervention under study
  • Produce evidence tables summarizing evidence for use in cost-effectiveness and/or budgetary impact analyses
  • Assist with the development of summary tables and graphics for inclusion in reports
  • Perform editing, writing, formatting, and proofreading activities for presentations, reports, and other disseminations of report findings
  • Facilitate the translation of models into ICER's interactive modeler platform

Qualifications

Applicants are generally early in their careers (0 - 2 years post-graduation), possess a bachelor's degree (master's degree also accepted), and have an interest in the field of Health Economics.
  • Bachelor's degree; coursework in statistics, mathematics, economics, or other quantitative degree that demonstrates analytical aptitude
  • The highest levels of personal initiative, attention to detail, and independent work
  • Excellent organizational as well as written and oral communication skills
  • Word processing, spreadsheet, and PowerPoint experience is required
  • Experience with techniques of qualitative and quantitative evidence synthesis in a health technology assessment environment (including cost-effectiveness analysis) a plus
  • Experience with economic simulation modeling platforms (e.g., Excel, R, TreeAge) and/or statistical software (e.g., SAS, SPSS) a plus

It is not intended that the above-listed duties reflect every job duty, responsibility, or task that the employee may be called upon to perform. The employee is expected to perform all job-related duties and tasks assigned by his/her supervising manager or other authorized manager.

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