Epidemiologist - Patient Population Sizing

Compensation: $150-$175/hour

Remote, US-based or deep US-market experience

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

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.

- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.

- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.

- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.

- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.

- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.