Research Associate

**Description**

**About Norstella**
At Norstella, our mission is simple: to help our clients bring life-saving therapies to market quicker—and help patients in need.

Founded in 2022, but with history going back to 1939, Norstella unites best-in-class brands to help clients navigate the complexities at each step of the drug development life cycle —and get the right treatments to the right patients at the right time.

Each organization (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, The Dedham Group) delivers must-have answers for critical strategic and commercial decision-making. Together, via our market-leading brands, we help our clients:

- Citeline - accelerate the drug development cycle
- Evaluate - bring the right drugs to market
- MMIT - identify barrier to patient access
- Panalgo - turn data into insight faster
- The Dedham Group - think strategically for specialty therapeutics

By combining the efforts of each organization under Norstella, we can offer an even wider breadth of expertise, cutting-edge data solutions and expert advisory services alongside advanced technologies such as real-world data, machine learning and predictive analytics.

As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.
**Job Summary**:
As an HEOR Research Associate on the Norstella RWD team, you will provide research support for Norstella’s US-based HEOR team. Specifically, you will perform basic research and writing tasks for HEOR senior leaders who are partnering with life science companies to conduct observational research studies. As one of the largest global pharma intelligence solution providers, Norstella has a footprint across the globe with teams of experts delivering world class solutions in the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Japan, China and India.

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist U.S. based HEOR leaders with RWE/HEOR study support as assigned:

- Conduct targeted literature searches, using PubMed and other public websites, to inform clinical background sections for protocols, study cohort definitions, and outcomes definitions. Example assignments could include:

- Summarize incidence and prevalence estimates for a disease or condition, using published literature and public websites
- Find published studies that define a patient population or outcomes of interest using U.S. healthcare claims data and/or EMR data
- Summarize available treatments for a disease or condition
- Find diagnosis (ICD10), procedure (CPT/HCPCS), and drug (NDC) codes
- Prepare a set of illustrative tables and figures in Microsoft Excel (i.e., table shells) using information provided in the study protocol. Example tables might include: cohort selection, baseline characteristics, and study outcomes. No programming or data analysis is required for this task, but prior experience working with data will be helpful.
- Attend daily web-based teleconferences (using Microsoft Teams) with US and India team members during overlapping business hours for US Eastern time zone and IST.

**Qualifications**:

- 2 to 5 years of experience at a pharmaceutical/biotech company or healthcare consulting/research firm. Prior experience working with US-based or global HEOR teams is preferred.
- Prior academic or professional experience working with real world data (RWD) including U.S. healthcare claims, electronic medical records (EMR), or lab data is ideal.
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a health care or science-related field. Graduate-level training in epidemiology, biostatistics, or pharmacy is preferred, but other relevant degrees will be considered.
- Execute work in a timely fashion with high accuracy and mínimal oversight
- Excellent written and verbal English language skills

**The guiding principles for success at Norstella**
01: Bold, Passionate, Mission-First
We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.

02: Integrity, Truth, Reality
We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn’t. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.

03: Kindness, Empathy, Grace
We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.

04: Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance
We will persevere - even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps