Epidemiologist — Patient Population Sizing

Mercor

$150-175/hrUS-based or deep US-market experience15 hours a week
Mercor is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work — creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking an epidemiologist for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

About the role

Mercor is partnering with a biotech and pharma research team on expert human-evaluation work — creating and critiquing rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs. We're seeking an epidemiologist for a paid pilot, with the potential to continue as the work scales.

Responsibilities

- Create and critique rubrics that analyze commercial drugs and drug-development programs

- Size the patient population for a given drug or indication (prevalence, incidence, diagnosed → treated → addressable)

- Judge whether a patient-population estimate is sound and well-sourced, and flag over- or under-counting

- Apply this across the pilot's set of drugs and indications

Requirements

- US-based epidemiologist

- Familiarity with biotech/pharma development programs

- Experience turning real-world data (claims, EHR, registries) into patient funnels

- 5+ years practising epidemiology (graduate degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health)

Engagement Details

- Duration: Approximately 10–20 hours over a 1–2 week pilot

- Remote — US-based

Why Participate

- Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs

- Recurring engagement for strong contributors

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