Pharmacoepidemiology Specialist

At SAHMRI, we are seeking a highly skilled Pharmacoepidemiologist/Epidemiologist to join our team in supporting research with a focus on pharmacoepidemiology and health services for older people.

This exciting opportunity involves conducting high-quality research with a focus on pharmacoepidemiology and health services for older people accessing aged care. The successful candidate will possess a PhD degree qualification in pharmacoepidemiology/epidemiology (or public health/medicine/allied health or related field) and minimum of 2 years experience as a pharmaco-/epidemiologist or related role.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting analyses of large datasets (> 1 million individuals) contained within ROSA, including aged care data, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data, Medicare Benefits Schedule data, and hospitalisation records.
• Providing pharmaco/epidemiological expertise on protocol development, study design, analytical methods, statistical analysis, interpretation of results and implications of findings.
• Undertaking and coordinating high-level statistical analyses, including using complex multivariable modelling, and survival analysis. Knowledge of sophisticated techniques for confounding adjustment, and other observational data features are highly desirable.

The estimated annual salary for this position is $95,000-$120,000 AUD.

The successful candidate will have excellent proficiency working with at least one software package (i.e., SAS, R, or Stata), two years experience working with large datasets independently, and experience working with medicines, health service, and/or aged care data.