Epidemiologist

SRG; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking an Epidemiologist for a 12-month contract to support drug development and patient safety through innovative research. The role allows for remote work and includes responsibilities such as enhancing disease understanding and contributing to clinical trial designs. Candidates should have at least 5 years' experience in epidemiology and a PhD in a relevant field. Excellent communication skills are necessary to present research findings effectively.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years' experience in epidemiology within pharma, academia, or government.
• Proven expertise in medicine development applications.
• Strong background in pharmaco-epidemiologic research.

Responsibilities

• Enhance disease understanding for drug development.
• Support clinical trial design and patient recruitment strategies.
• Contribute to medication safety evaluations.

Skills

Epidemiologic methods

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline

Job description

Epidemiologist

Location: Flexible (Remote/Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months

Rate: TBC

SRG are partnered with a leading pharmaceutical company who are searching for an Epidemiologist to support the business on a 12 month contract. You will play a key role in advancing drug development and patient safety through cutting-edge epidemiological research. This role can be remote-based (hybrid working also possible).

Key Responsibilities

• Enhance disease understanding for drug development, including incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and treatment patterns.
• Support clinical trial design: target population identification, protocol development, and patient recruitment strategies.
• Contribute to medication safety evaluation through evidence synthesis and meta-analyses.
• Drive post-marketing surveillance activities, including risk mitigation and epidemiology studies for signal detection.
• Critically appraise existing evidence and generate new insights via research plans and healthcare database analysis.

Experience & Skills Required

• Minimum 5 years' experience in epidemiology within pharma, academia, or government settings.
• Proven expertise in applying epidemiologic methods to medicine development (safety, effectiveness, disease natural history).
• Strong track record in leading pharmaco-epidemiologic research and working with real-world data (EMR or claims).
• Excellent communication skills for presenting scientific evidence to peers and at conferences.
• PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline (e.g., health services research, public health, statistics).

To Apply

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