Wharton Health Care Management Dept at The University of Pennsylvania
Application
Details
Posted: 14-Nov-23
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Type: Post-doc
Salary: $70,000 - $80,000 annually
Categories:
Health Care Management
Management
Other
Function:
Post Doctorate Research
Level:
5-7 years
Position:
Tenure Track or Tenured
Salary Details:
The position length for this position is 1 year initially, with the possibility of extension, depending on continued availability of funding.
Preferred Education:
Ph.D
Internal Number: HCMPDF-KING-2023
Professors Marissa King (Upenn) and Susan Busch (Yale) seek to hire a full-time Postdoctoral Fellow to join a research team exploring the implications of private equity (PE) acquisitions of substance use disorder treatment facilities. This position will be housed within Wharton’s Health Care Management Department at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will join an interdisciplinary research team working on a project funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse. The goal of the project is to understand how private equity acquisitions have changed organizational strategy, treatment quality, adverse events, and access to treatment. The Postdoctoral Fellow will have the opportunity to work with a wide range of health care data.
This is a full-time position in Philadelphia, PA with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2024, but this start date is flexible. For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University of Pennsylvania, please visit: https://www.hr.upenn.edu/PennHR/benefits-pay/postdoctoral-researchers-and-fellows. Fellows have access to annual research funds to support conference travel.
Applicants should have a PhD or be close to completing a PhD in a variety of fields, including, but not limited to, Health Care Management, Sociology, Economics, Management, or Public Health
Candidates should have an interest in health care, organizations, and/or substance use disorder treatment
Strong quantitative skills and programming experience in R, STATA, or Python are required for this position
About Wharton Health Care Management Dept at The University of Pennsylvania
The Health Care Management Department is the Wharton School’s base for scholarship, education, and innovative thinking related to the business, management and policy of health care services, health care technology, and health care financing. The department sponsors three educational programs: The PhD in Health Care Management and Economics, The MBA Program in Health Care Management, and the BS in Economics with a Concentration in Health Care Management and Policy.
