Epidemiologist — Patient Population Sizing
About the role
From Mercor’s listing.
Pay: $150 - $175/hour
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 epidemiology, biostatistics, or public health)
Engagement Details
Duration: Approximately 10–20 hours over a 1–2 week pilot
Remote — US-based
Why Participate
Help improve expert AI evaluation of drugs and drug-development programs
Recurring engagement for strong contributors
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