Epidemiologist

Job Title: Senior Real World Data Scientist / Epidemiologist

Location: Welwyn Garden City, UK (Hybrid – 2 days per week onsite)

Contract Type: 6-month contract (Inside IR35)

Start Date: 18 August 2025

Right to Work: Must have valid UK work authorization (no sponsorship provided)

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Real World Data (RWD) Scientist / Epidemiologist to support observational and non-interventional study work focused on neuromuscular diseases such as DMD, SMA, and FSHD. This hybrid role will contribute to real-world evidence (RWE) generation through protocol development, data source evaluation, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and write protocols for non-interventional real-world data studies (retrospective and prospective)
• Evaluate the feasibility and quality of real-world data sources such as disease registries, electronic medical records (EMR), and claims data
• Collaborate with data analysts and statisticians to shape analytical approaches (familiarity with R is a plus)
• Partner with teams across clinical science, medical affairs, regulatory affairs, access, and safety
• Support study dissemination through scientific reports, publications, and presentations
• Work under the guidance of senior RWE scientists in a collaborative environment

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• MSc in Epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology, or a related field (PhD preferred)
• 1–3 years of experience designing and reporting on RWD or observational studies
• Experience working with data from registries, EMR, or claims
• Prior exposure to pharmaceutical, CRO, or post-doctoral research environments
• Experience with post-approval safety or effectiveness studies is a plus
• Interest or experience in neuromuscular diseases (e.g., SMA, DMD, FSHD)

Eligibility:

• Must be based within commuting distance of Welwyn Garden City
• Able to work onsite two days per week
• Not suitable for candidates lacking hands-on real-world data study experience or relevant postgraduate qualifications

Epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, disease registries, electronic medical records (EMR), claims data, protocol development, study design, study reporting, post-approval safety studies, effectiveness studies, neuromuscular diseases, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), pharmaceutical industry, contract research organization (CRO), medical affairs, clinical science, regulatory affairs, health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), MSc epidemiology, PhD epidemiology, R programming, hybrid working model, Welwyn Garden City, UK right to work, inside IR35, scientific publications, life sciences, data science, biostatistics, observational research.