"Marshall J. Seidman Research Fellow, Economics"

Position Description

As part of its Marshall J. Seidman Fellowship Program to support impactful health policy research, the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School seeks a postdoctoral fellow with a specialty in health economics to lead and collaborate on research examining competition and regulation in the U.S. pharmaceutical market under the mentorship of Prof. Luca Maini.

The fellow will contribute to empirical projects that evaluate how policies and market structure affect drug prices, utilization, innovation, and spending, with an emphasis on rigorous economic analysis. This position provides opportunities to collaborate with the Department's interdisciplinary faculty —including economists, physicians, statisticians, and social scientists—on projects that bridge methods, policy, and practice.

This role will involve designing and executing empirical studies of pharmaceutical competition, pricing, and regulation. The fellow will apply advanced econometric methods to administrative and other large-scale datasets—particularly claims data—to support policy-relevant research on competition and regulation in the U.S. pharmaceutical market. Responsibilities will also include preparing publication-quality figures and drafting manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed journals.

Basic Qualifications

Ph.D. in areas such as economics, statistics, biostatistics, computer science or a related quantitative field

Additional Qualifications

• Advanced programming and analytical skills (including R, Python, and SAS or Stata)
• Experience with Medicare claims data
• Demonstrated expertise in causal inference and high-dimensional risk adjustment/predictive modeling
• Clear scientific writing and communication, an ability to work both independently and in teams, and a track record of publications

Salary Range

This position is salaried and benefits eligible. Information regarding postdoctoral fellow salary, which is determined by the number of years post PhD, and benefits can be found at https://postdoc.hms.harvard.edu/guidelines.