Epidemiologist

• Medical Degree (MD) or University Degree (WO) in Paramedic and minimum of two years of relevant (pharmaco)epidemiological experience
• Education in Epidemiology (preferably PhD/Epidemiologist level B)
• Broad understanding of global regulatory requirements for epidemiology
• Understanding of fundamental principles of biostatistics, epidemiology, human biology, and basic medical sciences
• Knowledge of health care delivery systems and health care databases
• Ability to innovate
• Sense of urgency, ability to multitask and work under pressure
• Demonstrated team player and able to collaborate with experts and maintain network with peers
• Excellent written and oral communication in English, interpersonal & influencing skills

Your tasks:

• Develop and manage epidemiological studies to support products in development and marketed products as needed
• Provide epidemiological support in company discussions about development and safety issues of company products
• Screen scientific literature, evaluate and write reports or publications on (pharmaco)-epidemiological information relevant to the safety of the product or general disease epidemiology of the therapeutic area supported
• Statistical and/or epidemiological evaluation of data from epidemiological databases
• Critically evaluate the adequacy of clinical trial endpoint validation, especially patient-reported outcomes or novel endpoints intended to support labeling, and develop strategic plan for validation of endpoints as needed to support clinical development.

MSD is working to help the world be well. Through our medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, and consumer and animal products, we work with customers and operate in more than 140 countries to deliver innovative health solutions. We also demonstrate our commitment to increasing access to health care through far-reaching programs that donate and deliver our products to the people who need them. MSD is the name of Merck outside the US and Canada. MSD has a workforce of over 6.000 in the Netherlands at five different sites. www.merck.com and www.msd.nl.

Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences (BARDS) scientists provide global support across all divisions of Merck spanning product discovery through manufacturing and marketing. The BARDS organization is comprised of various functional areas such as statistics, statistical programming, epidemiology and health economics. BARDS-Oss is part of the European region within the global BARDS network and add valuable expertise and experience that will support the regional vision of BARDS.
Working with state of the art technologies, exciting new drugs and in a global multidisciplinary setting, you will enjoy the challenges of applying your quantitative expertise as a member of a multidisciplinary team in Oss.