Post Doctoral Fellow-MSH-32015-001

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Description
Department: Center for Child Health Services Research (CCHSR), Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Position Summary/Overview:
The Center for Child Health Services Research (CCHSR), Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, is seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Brett Anderson, MD, MBA, Director of CCHSR and Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Science and Policy. The fellow will conduct NIH-funded health services and outcomes research focused on healthcare utilization, insurance coverage, healthcare expenditures, and long-term outcomes among pediatric and adult populations with complex medical conditions.
Working with Dr. Anderson and a multidisciplinary team of clinicians, epidemiologists, health economists, statisticians, and policy researchers, the fellow will conduct longitudinal analyses of healthcare utilization patterns and evaluate the impact of policies on access to care and clinical outcomes. The fellow will contribute to the development and validation of administrative claims-based methodologies and generate policy-relevant evidence that can improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes. This position offers opportunities for peer-reviewed publications, national conference presentations, interdisciplinary collaboration, grant development, and advanced mentorship in health services research, outcomes research, healthcare policy evaluation, administrative claims analysis, and causal inference methods.
Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be:
• Interested in health services research, healthcare policy, and cardiovascular outcomes research.
• An effective scientific communicator.
• Organized and detail oriented.
• Able to work independently while collaborating within a multidisciplinary research team.
• Committed to rigorous, reproducible, and policy-relevant research.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
• Conduct analyses of large administrative claims and clinical registry.
• Develop and validate administrative claims-based methodologies for identifying clinical populations and evaluating healthcare outcomes.
• Perform longitudinal analyses of healthcare utilization, expenditures, insurance coverage, and patient outcomes.
• Apply epidemiologic, biostatistical, econometric, and causal inference methods to evaluate healthcare policy impacts.
• Analyze linked Medicaid, commercial insurance, and registry datasets
• Develop reproducible analytic workflows and maintain well-documented programming code.
• Conduct literature reviews and synthesize findings from published scientific literature.
• Contribute to collaborative manuscripts, scientific abstracts, conference presentations, and policy-facing products.
• Participate in meetings with investigators and collaborators across research networks.
• Assist with preparation of grant reports, progress reports, and future funding applications.
• Ensure compliance with NIH, HIPAA, IRB, and institutional research policies.
• Maintain data security and adherence to all applicable data use agreements.

Qualifications
Qualifications:
• Doctoral degree in Medicine, Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Services Research, Population Health, Biostatistics, Health Policy, or a related discipline.
• Strong quantitative, analytic, scientific writing, and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work proactively and independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.
• Interest in healthcare policy, healthcare utilization, population health, outcomes research, and health services research.

Preferred Experience:
• Experience working with administrative claims databases, clinical registries, electronic health record data, or other population-based datasets.
• Familiarity with epidemiologic methods, causal inference, health policy evaluation, or outcomes research.
• Experience conducting healthcare utilization, policy, or outcomes research.
• Knowledge of health services research methodologies and population health analytics.

Education and Experience:
MD, DO, PhD, MD/PhD, DrPH, ScD, or equivalent doctoral degree in a relevant clinical, quantitative, population health, or healthcare research discipline. Candidates completing residency training and pursuing advanced research training are encouraged to apply.
Work Environment:
This position operates in a professional academic research environment and requires routine use of computers, statistical software, data management platforms, videoconferencing platforms, and standard office equipment. The role includes participation in collaborative meetings with investigators and stakeholders across multiple institutions.
Employer Description
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About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
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Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $72500 - $80000 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.