Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance ProgramCareer Opportunities
March, 2009
We are looking for a senior epidemiologist with experience in the area of post-marketing drug safety research. Duties of this position will include
NOTE: North American Residents Only!
We are located Lexington, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. We are a small but very productive research group that has pioneered research in, and methodology for, post-marketing drug safety studies using observational data. We were the first to use electronic databases for research in this area and have established methods for their appropriate use over our 40 year history. We helped develop the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and have been using it extensively for 20 years. We also have extensive experience with many other data resources.
Our program emphasizes study methodology, close collaboration and teamwork, and the development of skills and new methods for research using electronic data.
Contact: Susan Jick, Director
We are looking for a senior epidemiologist with experience in the area of post-marketing drug safety research. Duties of this position will include
- Conducting research: Work as a team in a cooperative informal atmosphere designing drug safety and pharmacoepidemiology studies, reviewing, organizing, and analyzing data, writing reports and manuscripts
- Working with graduate students, interns, and co-workers: mentoring those who are training in this area of research, supervising their work and helping to create an atmosphere for training highly qualified researchers
- Writing grants
- Providing clinical expertise to co-workers during the design and conduct of studies
NOTE: North American Residents Only!
We are located Lexington, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. We are a small but very productive research group that has pioneered research in, and methodology for, post-marketing drug safety studies using observational data. We were the first to use electronic databases for research in this area and have established methods for their appropriate use over our 40 year history. We helped develop the General Practice Research Database (GPRD) and have been using it extensively for 20 years. We also have extensive experience with many other data resources.
Our program emphasizes study methodology, close collaboration and teamwork, and the development of skills and new methods for research using electronic data.
Contact: Susan Jick, Director