The Institute for Health & Humanity's Division of Health Policy, Economics & Data Analytics at the Medical College of Wisconsin invites applications for an endowed faculty position at the Assistant Professor level.
This endowed faculty position supports the development of an innovative, externally funded research program in health economics and health policy. The successful candidate will contribute to a growing portfolio of research addressing the economics of healthcare delivery, financing, and policy, while dedicating a significant portion of their research effort to breast cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and outcomes. The position offers exceptional opportunities to develop both disease-specific and broader health economics research through collaborations with nationally recognized investigators across MCW and its extensive clinical, academic, and community partnerships.
The successful candidate will:
Develop and sustain an innovative research program in health economics with a special focus on breast cancer care.
Conduct rigorous analyses of healthcare utilization, costs, value, quality, access, reimbursement, and health policy, with a particular emphasis on breast cancer and oncology.
Pursue competitive external funding from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Defense (DoD), Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), American Cancer Society (ACS), and other public and private sponsors.
Collaborate with clinicians, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, implementation scientists, public health researchers, and community partners to conduct multidisciplinary research.
Publish high-impact scholarly work in peer-reviewed journals and present findings at national and international scientific meetings.
Mentor graduate and medical students, postdoctoral fellows, residents, and junior clinical investigators.
Contribute to graduate and professional education through teaching and curriculum development, as appropriate.
Participate in departmental, institutional, and professional service activities.
Applicants with expertise in one or more of the following areas are encouraged to apply:
Health economics and health policy with a special focus on cancer research
Causal inference and policy evaluation
Healthcare markets, provider behavior, and provider incentives
Value-based payment and alternative reimbursement models
Health insurance design and healthcare financing, organization and delivery
Healthcare access, utilization, and equity
Economic evaluation
Comparative effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and value-of-information analyses
Population health and implementation economics
Decision science and predictive modeling
Structural econometric modeling
Machine learning and artificial intelligence for health economics and policy research
Cancer, chronic disease, or other population health applications
Minimum Qualifications
PhD in Economics, Health Economics, Labor Economics, or a closely related quantitative discipline with advanced training in econometrics.
Demonstrated expertise in state-of-the-art econometric methods, causal inference, policy evaluation, and advanced quantitative analyses.
Strong computational and programming skills.
Evidence of scholarly productivity and strong potential to establish an independent, externally funded research program.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Eligibility for appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor.
Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates with demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following:
Advanced econometrics, causal inference, and machine learning methods.
Structural econometric modeling, microsimulation, or other advanced quantitative approaches.
Experience working with large administrative data, insurance claims, electronic health records, cancer registries, or complex survey data.
Demonstrated ability or strong potential to collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary research teams.
Evidence of, or strong potential for, obtaining competitive extramural funding.
Experience in cancer research, chronic disease, or healthcare delivery research is desirable but not required.
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