We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced epidemiologists with strong expertise in patient-population sizing, real-world data, disease epidemiology, and pharmaceutical or biotech development programmes.
This role supports an expert evaluation initiative focused on commercial medicines and drug-development programmes. Selected professionals will size patient populations across specific diseases and indications, assess the quality of epidemiological assumptions and source evidence, identify over- or under-counting, and help develop rigorous evaluation frameworks for pharmaceutical analysis.
Key Responsibilities
Patient Population Sizing
- Estimate patient populations for specific diseases, indications, and therapeutic programmes
- Develop epidemiological funnels spanning prevalence, incidence, diagnosis, treatment, and addressable populations
- Assess how eligibility criteria and treatment pathways affect addressable patient estimates
- Identify potential over-counting, under-counting, or double-counting within population models
- Apply professional epidemiological judgment across multiple drugs and indications
Real-World Data Analysis
- Use claims, electronic health records, registries, and other real-world data sources to inform patient estimates
- Assess the suitability and limitations of different data sources
- Evaluate case definitions, diagnosis criteria, coding strategies, and population-selection logic
- Identify data-quality issues that may distort patient counts
- Translate real-world evidence into clear and defensible patient funnels
Epidemiological Evaluation
- Review prevalence and incidence assumptions for scientific and methodological soundness
- Assess whether estimates are appropriately sourced and supported
- Evaluate extrapolation methods and assumptions across populations
- Identify unrealistic epidemiological assumptions or unsupported conclusions
- Review the relationship between diagnosed, treated, eligible, and addressable patient populations
Rubric Development & Expert Review
- Create structured evaluation rubrics for patient-population and drug-programme analysis
- Critique existing rubrics for scientific accuracy, completeness, and methodological rigour
- Define criteria that reflect experienced epidemiological judgment
- Identify missing considerations or weaknesses in analytical frameworks
- Provide clear written reasoning supporting evaluation decisions
Ideal Profile
Strong candidates may have:
- At least 5 years of professional epidemiology experience
- Graduate-level training in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, or a related discipline
- Experience sizing patient populations for diseases, indications, or pharmaceutical programmes
- Hands-on experience converting claims, EHR, registry, or other real-world data into patient funnels
- Strong understanding of prevalence, incidence, diagnosis rates, treatment rates, and addressable populations
- Familiarity with biotech or pharmaceutical development programmes
- Strong quantitative and methodological judgment
- Excellent written communication and attention to detail
- Current residence in the United States
Educational Background
- A graduate degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, or a closely related field is highly relevant
- Advanced quantitative or healthcare research training may strengthen an application
- Substantial professional epidemiology experience is particularly important for this engagement
Nice to Have
- Pharmaceutical or biotechnology epidemiology experience
- Background in real-world evidence or outcomes research
- Experience working with administrative claims databases
- Experience analysing electronic health record data
- Familiarity with disease registries
- Experience supporting commercial forecasting or market-sizing work
- Knowledge of indication-specific treatment pathways
- Prior experience with structured expert review, rubric development, or AI evaluation
Why This Opportunity
- Apply epidemiological expertise to sophisticated pharmaceutical evaluation work
- Build and review patient-population estimates across multiple diseases and indications
- Work with real-world data and clinically relevant patient funnels
- Help establish rigorous standards for evaluating epidemiological assumptions
- Participate in a focused paid pilot with potential for recurring work
- Contribute specialist scientific judgment to advanced AI evaluation
Contract Details
- Independent contractor role
- Fully remote within the United States
- Part-time pilot engagement
- Approximately 10–20 total hours over an initial 1–2 week period
- Competitive rates between $145–$170 per hour depending on expertise and project scope
- At least 5 years of professional epidemiology experience is required
- Strong contributors may be considered for recurring or expanded engagements
- Work may include patient-population sizing, epidemiological analysis, real-world data review, rubric development, and expert critique
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Projects may be extended, shortened, or adjusted depending on scope and performance
- Work will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution
About the Platform
This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.
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