Precision Federal · Remote, United States · 1099 contract · about 6 hours a week for 12 months (up to 300 hours) · $100 an hour

We're forecasting the U.S. market for a human West Nile virus vaccine and a seasonal West Nile monoclonal antibody under a CDC contract. We need a health economist to own the economics.

What you'll do

Build coverage and uptake models for both products: who would get them, and how many
Analyze pricing and reimbursement, and who pays
Build return-on-investment and cost scenarios with sensitivity analysis
Work with our epidemiologist on the demand model
Lead-author one peer-reviewed manuscript and brief CDC scientists on results

Required

Master's or doctorate in health economics, health policy, economics, public health or a related field
Hands-on cost, cost-effectiveness, budget-impact or return-on-investment modeling
Strong analysis in R, SAS, Stata, Python or TreeAge
U.S.-based and able to commit about 6 hours a week for 12 months

Preferred

Work for or with CDC, HHS or another federal health agency
Vaccine or biologics economics, market forecasting, or pricing and reimbursement work
Peer-reviewed publications

Apply: email bo@precisionfederal.com with your CV and one line on your best economic evaluation. We reply quickly.e're forecasting the U.S. market for a human West Nile virus vaccine and a seasonal West Nile monoclonal antibody under a CDC contract. We need a doctoral epidemiologist who knows vector-borne disease to lead the epidemiology.

What you'll do

Lead the review of West Nile epidemiology: incidence, neuroinvasive disease, age and risk groups, seasonality and geography
Build the model of who would need each product and how many people that is, by year and region
Work with our health economist on uptake and demand scenarios
Co-author the final report and one peer-reviewed manuscript
Brief CDC scientists on the method and results

Required

PhD, DrPH or equivalent doctorate in epidemiology or a closely related field
Research or public health work on vector-borne or arboviral disease (West Nile, dengue, Zika, other mosquito- or tick-borne disease)
Strong analysis and modeling in R, SAS or Python
U.S.-based and able to commit about 15 hours a week for 12 months

Preferred

A peer-reviewed publication on West Nile or another arbovirus
CDC experience: ORISE or CDC fellowship, EIS, or CDC contract work
Epidemiologist at a state or local health department
Vaccine or biologics research, forecasting, or health economics exposure

Apply: email bo@precisionfederal.com with your CV, one line on your vector-borne work, and a link to your best related paper. We reply quickly.

Pay: $100.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

Do you have a master's or doctorate in health economics, health policy, economics, public health or a related field?
Have you built cost-effectiveness, budget-impact or return-on-investment models?
Have you worked on vaccine or biologics economics or market forecasting?
Have you worked for or with CDC or another federal health agency?
Can you commit about 6 hours a week for 12 months?

Work Location: Remote

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