Komen Graduate Training Program UT MDACC · 4 weeks ago
Postdoctoral Fellow - Health Services Research
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad
$64K/yr - $76K/yrThe Komen Graduate Training Program at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center offers fully funded postdoctoral fellowships in Health Services Research. The role involves contributing to high impact studies focusing on public health policy and decision analytics, with opportunities to develop decision analytical models and microsimulation models.
Hospital & Health Care
Responsibilities
Develop optimization models to optimize sequential medical decision making under uncertainty
Assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of optimal policies to inform public health policy
Develop microsimulation models for decision analysis and cost effectiveness analysis
Calibrate and validate microsimulation models to observed outcomes from clinical trials and/or cancer registries
In coordination with the principal investigator, lead the research team in writing manuscripts, disseminating findings at scientific meetings, and preparing grant applications
Qualification
Required
Doctorate Degree in industrial engineering, operations research, computer science, health services research, epidemiology, health-outcomes research, biostatistics, data science or a related quantitative field
Expertise in Markov decision process (MDP)/partially observable MDP (POMDP) is required
Expertise in stochastic simulation modeling and Monte Carlo methods is required
Good understanding of mathematical modeling and hands-on experience of general-purpose programming languages such as Julia, R, Python, or MATLAB is required
Strong writing and verbal communication skills are required
Preferred
Prior experience in data analytics, applications of operations research to public health and medical decision making is highly desired but not required
Prior experience with model validation and calibration is highly desired but not required
Experience in survival analysis, parameter estimation, and data analytics will be considered a plus
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Paid time off
Retirement
Tuition benefits
Educational opportunities
Individual and team recognition
Company
Komen Graduate Training Program UT MDACC
Through generous funding from Susan G.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase