Remote Research Assistant - Health Policy Analytics

The Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 23,419 - 41,328; Part time

Job summary

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Research Assistant to support the Drug Access and Affordability Initiative within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The role focuses on literature reviews, policy analysis, data documentation, and quantitative analyses using plan sponsor and drug-level data to inform policy briefs and public-facing resources.

Responsibilities include data cleaning, reporting, literature searches, and assisting with manuscript preparation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience.
• Two years of experience in relevant quantitative research and analytics preferred.
• Experience with R, Stata or similar data analysis tools preferred.
• Familiarity with health policy, pharmaceutical markets, prescription drug spending, PBMs preferred.

Responsibilities

• Run routine and ad hoc reports.
• Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
• Assist with data cleaning to ensure accuracy of data and preparation of tables.
• Lead basic data collection and data entry tasks.
• May lead specific tasks and develop processes to enhance study activities.
• May conduct literature searches to support faculty research.
• May design and format papers/publications.
• May assist PIs in writing summaries for policy briefs.

Job description

The Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Research Assistant to support the Drug Access and Affordability Initiative within the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The role focuses on literature reviews, policy analysis, data documentation, and quantitative analyses using plan sponsor and drug-level data to inform policy briefs and public-facing resources.

Responsibilities include data cleaning, reporting, literature searches, and assisting with manuscript preparation.