Postdoctoral Fellow, Health Services Research

Position Description

The Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School seeks a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow in health services research. The ideal candidate will have experience working with insurance claims data and a research interest or background in maternal health. The fellow will work under the mentorship of Prof. Leila Agha and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of economists, physicians, and health policy researchers.

This position will use large administrative datasets to study how policy and system factors shape birth outcomes, health care spending, and maternal well-being. The postdoc will work with a national dataset of Medicaid claims to examine how features of insurance coverage and payment policy shape patterns of care, spending, and clinical outcomes. Projects may include both descriptive analyses and quasi-experimental studies of policy changes, with the goal of producing several focused papers that inform Medicaid and maternal health policy.

Basic Qualifications

Ph.D. in areas such as health services research, health policy, economics, statistics, or a related quantitative field

Additional Qualifications

Strong skills in Stata, R and/or Python and experience analyzing complex data

Demonstrated experience working with large administrative or claims data (e.g., Medicaid, commercial claims, or similar)

Clear scientific writing and communication; a track record of publications