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What is the role of a Postdoctoral Specialist – Health Services at Harvard University?

The Postdoctoral Specialist – Health Services position at Harvard University is a Full-time or part-time position opportunity in the Admin/Clerical/Secretarial field.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02163, United States

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Full-time or part-time position

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Title	Postdoctoral Specialist – Health Services
School	Harvard Medical School
Department/Area	Department of Health Care Policy
Position Description	Overview: The Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School seeks an experienced postdoctoral fellow with a specialty in health services research to lead and collaborate on studies related to mental health and addiction services, digital health, and policy issues under the mentorship of Prof. Haiden Huskamp, and the provision of primary care services, with a focus on the patient-level impacts of primary care physician work effort reductions and practice setting changes or retirement under the mentorship of Prof. Bruce Landon. This position provides opportunities to collaborate with the Department’s interdisciplinary faculty —including economists, physicians, and statisticians—on projects that bridge methods, policy, and practice. Position Description: This role will involve intensive analysis of claims data and related large administrative datasets to support policy-relevant research related to mental health and addiction services utilization and the provision of primary care services to the elderly Medicare population. Experience working with Medicaid and/or Medicare data, a deep understanding of analytical methods and statistics, and advanced programming skills are therefore desired. The role will also involve serving as an author on selected publications, as well as preparation of graphical displays of results and manuscripts for publication.
Basic Qualifications	• Ph.D. in areas such as health services research, economics, statistics, biostatistics, or a related quantitative field
Additional Qualifications	• Exceptional programming and analytical skills (including R, Python, and SAS or Stata) • Demonstrated expertise in analysis of claims data • Clear scientific writing and communication, an ability to work both independently and in teams, and a track record of publications
Special Instructions	• Duration: This is a one-year term position from the date of hire, with the possibility of a second-year contingent upon work performance, business need and continued funding to support the position.
Contact Information	Haiden Huskamp, PhD Bruce Landon, MD, MBA
Contact Email	huskamp@hcp.med.harvard.edu
Salary Range	Postdoctoral Specialist (/“Research Fellow”) salaries are available here: https://postdoc.hms.harvard.edu/guidelines#Salary-Stipend
Minimum Number of References Required	2
Maximum Number of References Allowed
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