Mercor
Epidemiologist — Patient Population Sizing
- Pay
- $150–175/hr
- Type
- Part-time
- Location
- Remote
- Posted
- Aug 5, 2026
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About this 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…
