Senior Policy Analyst, Margolis Institute for Health Policy Hybrid ( Durham NC or Washington DC)

Duke University:

 

Duke University was created in 1924 through an indenture of trust by James Buchanan Duke. Today, Duke is regarded as one of America’s leading research universities. Located in Durham, North Carolina, Duke is positioned in the heart of the Research Triangle, which is ranked annually as one of the best places in the country to work and live. Duke has more than 15,000 students who study and conduct research in its 10 undergraduate, graduate and professional schools. With about 40,000 employees, Duke is the third largest private employer in North Carolina, and it now has international programs in more than 150 countries.

 

 

 

Senior Policy Analyst

Robert J. Margolis, MD, Institute for Health Policy

 

The Robert J. Margolis, MD, Institute for Health Policy at Duke University (Duke-Margolis) seeks to address critical health policy challenges and improve health, health equity, and the value of health care through practical, innovative, and evidence-based policy solutions. The interdisciplinary nature of Duke-Margolis brings together policy experts, researchers, health care professionals, and students from across Duke’s schools of medicine, nursing, law, public policy, business, and engineering, and fosters extensive relationships with stakeholders both internal and external. These relationships span foundations, private sector organizations, state and federal governments, and global entities. The Institute fosters excellence, leadership, and scholarship at every level.

 

Occupational Summary

 

Duke-Margolis has an opening for a Senior Policy Analyst within the Institute’s Biomedical Innovation research portfolio.

 

This position manages and performs a variety of complex activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research and policy projects at Duke University. While the senior policy analyst may be assigned to projects across the Institute as needed, we anticipate work will generally be within the biomedical innovation portfolio This includes topics within the scope of real-world evidence artificial intelligence and digital health, regulatory policy. Primary responsibilities include conducting health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews and informational interviews), extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, peer-reviewed publications), and project management of team activities and deliverables. Project activities may include management and/or coordination of Institute events and public or private stakeholder convenings that require considerable skill in external communication, as well as engagement with high-level government, academic, and private-sector entities.

 

Duke-Margolis has offices in both Washington, DC and on Duke's main campus in Durham, NC. The base worksite for this position may be either location. Employees are currently working in a hybrid capacity with a combination of teleworking locally to the base office area (DC/MD/VA or NC, respectively) and in-person team collaboration.

 

Work Performed

 

Manage and perform a variety of complex individual activities in research, writing, and analysis of quantitative and/or qualitative data within the scope of research projects at Duke University, focused on an area(s) of specialization and expertise in health policy. Areas of relevance in the health policy domain may include but are not limited to: biomedical innovation, medical product development, real-world data and evidence, regulatory science, medical device and pharmaceutical policy, artificial intelligence and digital health, healthcare delivery and payment reform, health equity, global health, health systems transformation, and the intersection of scientific and regulatory advancement with broader US health policy reforms.

 

Collaborate with principal investigators and/or senior researchers to conduct health policy-focused research and analysis (including literature reviews and informational interviews), perform extensive writing for a range of deliverable types (e.g., policy briefs, white papers, blog posts, public reports and recommendations, peer-reviewed journal articles), and projec