3Ls: Fellowship in Health Law
PORTAL Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics
Aaron S. Kesselheim, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Director
Jerry Avorn, M.D., Co-Director
Ameet Sarpatwari, Ph.D., J.D., Assistant Director
Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications
Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital Program On Regulation, Therapeutics, And Law (PORTAL) The Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Medicine and Harvard Medical School invites its 2023 round of applications for postdoctoral fellows in pharmaceutical law and health services research. Current fellows have studied FDA regulation, patents, drug access and costs, and competition in the therapeutic marketplace. Other areas of focus include intellectual property, ethics, and comparative effectiveness, as well as the development, approval, and evidence-based use of drugs, devices, vaccines, procedures, and diagnostics.
Applications are invited from researchers with doctoral degrees (J.D., M.D., Ph.D., Pharm.D., or equivalent) or who will complete such training by July 2023. Fellows will have an appointment at Harvard Medical School, receive close mentorship from faculty members in the Division, and engage in one or more projects intended to start their careers in law and public health research.
Fellowship length will vary depending on the candidate (Minimum: 1 year). The deadline is January 6, 2023.
To apply, please send to Dr. Ameet Sarpatwari, Assistant Professor of Medicine asarpatwari@bwh.harvard.edu : (1) a CV, (2) a writing sample, and (3) a cover letter describing your past work, ideas for the kind of research you’d like to do in the fellowship, and career goals.
Applications may be reviewed on a rolling basis. The Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics is an approximately 90- member interdisciplinary research center. Our work focuses on the evaluation, regulation, outcomes, and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs and medical devices, as well as the development and evaluation of policies to improve use of therapeutics.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers; women and members of underrepresented minority groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
A Memphis Law Grad was chosen and served at a PORTAL Fellow in 2018. For more information about the program, see https://www.portalresearch.org/?fbclid=IwAR3UzZP1zKdqtH6_rlDKxdcQcEHwWWx2K2Mlj4_G0mqKFNVCYMOs0mfL1z8
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