Job Description

We are looking for an exceptional Research Assistant interested in collaborating with the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University. The programmer will support a variety of research projects, with a core responsibility being leading the development of data cleaning pipelines for analyzing data on pharmaceuticals and administrative claims data. This position is supported by the Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative. Examples of research projects that the position will support include evaluating the impact and implementation of recent federal drug pricing reform, the out-of-pocket burden of medicines, and the impact of accelerated approval policies.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• The candidate will assist the Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative.
  
• Primary responsibility is helping with data management and data analysis.
  
• Assist with data extraction from secondary data sources such as FDA drug databases.
  
• Conduct literature searches to gather supporting information for papers, presentations, and other materials.
  
• Help analyze and/or manage research databases with oversight.
  
• Help with drafting academic manuscripts, under supervision.
  
• Variety of research projects, with a core responsibility being leading the development of data cleaning pipelines for analyzing data on pharmaceuticals and administrative claims data.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
• Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Masters Degree Preferred.

Classified Title: Research Assistant 
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.00 - $30.00 HRLY (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday to Friday: 9 am – 5 pm 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Public Health 
Department name: ​​​​​​​Health Policy & Management -Independent  
Personnel area: School of Public Health 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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