At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a general scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future. Location/Division Specific Information The Epidemiology & Scientific Affairs (ESA) team within PPD combines epidemiology, outcomes research, biostatistics and statistical programming, and inorder to support our clients in the pharmaceutical/ biotechnology/ medical device industries in building real-world evidence to demonstrate and support the clinical, economic and humanistic value of their products. We understand our clients’ needs, and we support the design and conduct of real-world observational studies throughout the product development and lifecycle, from early pre-launch planning to launch and post-marketing management. Our passionate team works hard to address real-world research questions to help fill in the gaps of burden of disease and unmet needs, describe treatment patterns, drug utilization, and adherence, understand resource utilization and costs of care, identify risk factors on disease outcomes, and outline post-marketing effectiveness and safety through post-authorization safety studies and comparative effectiveness studies. We conceptualize sophisticated study designs and develop/oversee study documents such protocols, case report forms, statistical analysis plans, analysis interpretation and study reports. Join our growing team of dedicated scientists where you will get to work on complex, engaging projects. Our focus is on advising our clients on their real-world evidence development plans, on de novo (field, primary) data collection studies such as single and multi-country retrospective chart reviews, surveys, prospective studies and registries, which are undertaken when existing healthcare databases cannot be used. Increasingly, hybrid studies that invoke the use of both secondary data sources with tailored data collection methods are deployed. We are constantly working on new and innovate solutions to address our clients’ needs. You would be joining a team of recognized industry guides who provide top methodological expertise and high levels of quality in a collaborative environment conducive to career growth. Whether you are looking to expand your knowledge and scientific skills or step into a leadership position, we are looking for a self-motivated, driven standout colleague who will thrive in this environment. Position Location: North America, office-based or 100% remote. Discover Impactful Work: The Epidemiologist (Research Associate III) leads the organization and management of research projects under the direction of senior staff. Day-to-day tasks include: drafts project deliverables and other study related documents, interacts with clients and internal project team members, and contributes to strategic thinking under the direction of senior staff. Supports scientific coordination and project management, including scoping, tracking progress, and coordinating team tasks for multiple projects. A day in the Life: The Epidemiologist (Research Associate III) will contribute to and lead the design and implementation of de novo data collection studies (retrospective, prospective, and/or cross-sectional) under oversight of more senior staff. In this role, you will: - Provide scientific guidance/consultation on methodological and operational considerations of study design and conduct - Lead or oversee the development of draft scientific project deliverables (e.g., protocols,, case report forms (electronic or paper), statistical analysis plans,, reports) for senior review. - Interact directly with study sponsors, physician experts, and clinical sites - Assist the responsible scientist with monitoring project budget spend and managing timelines for scientific tasks/deliverables. - Demonstrate problem-solving skills by presenting to senior staff strategies to mitigate or address scientific and operational challenges. - Lead client-facing meeting and represents the project team. - Contribute to the preparation of abstracts, posters, manuscripts and scientific presentations, including development of content/slides. - Contribute to the growth of PPD through business development activities, including support of proposal development, budget development and bid defense meetings. -Support other organiza