ST. LOUIS, MO 63130
The Cordell Institute for Policy in Medicine & Law at Washington University seeks a full-time Health and Human Information Policy Research Fellow for a one-year term.
This position operates in a hybrid work environment and is expected to be based in the St. Louis metropolitan area
The Cordell Institute’s mission is to devise solutions to the novel ethical, legal, and policy questions accompanying scientific and technological advancements in healthcare. The Institute advances interdisciplinary scholarship and practical solutions at the intersection of law, medicine, public health, technology, and governance, with a particular focus on strengthening accountability, innovation, and public trust as information about people moves across clinical, commercial, and research settings.
The Health and Human Information Policy Research Fellow will contribute to research and thought leadership examining the legal, ethical, and governance challenges arising from emerging technologies, data systems, and evolving health policies, with particular emphasis on health and human information that moves beyond the clinical setting into consumer applications, research pipelines, and the training and deployment of artificial intelligence. Particular attention will be given to the duties of the institutions that collect, hold, and share such information, and to issues involving privacy, civil liberties, civil rights, equity, accountability, public trust, and democratic governance in healthcare, public health, and related systems.
Under the supervision of the Institute’s executive director and faculty co-directors, and potentially in coordination with other faculty, departments, and external partners, the Fellow will conduct interdisciplinary legal and policy research that contributes to scholarly publications, policy analyses, white papers, and other public-facing products. Research may address topics such as health law and policy, public health law, health governance, health information policy and data stewardship, artificial intelligence and data governance, civil liberties, legal epidemiology, policy surveillance, and privacy law.
The Fellow will work closely with Institute leadership to define the scope and objectives of specific projects and identify meaningful deliverables aligned with the Institute’s strategic priorities. Deliverables may include peer-reviewed scholarship, policy briefs, model provisions and institutional toolkits, coded legal datasets, and public-facing policy maps
Information on being a postdoc at WashU in St. Louis can be found at https://postdoc.wustl.edu/prospective-postdocs-2/.
The Fellow will train under the supervision of Institute leadership and faculty mentors, including but not limited to:
Base pay is commensurate with experience.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified. Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.
Ph.D., M.D. Or Equivalent Terminal Or Doctoral Degree.
No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.
No specific work experience is required for this position.
Not Applicable
A driver's license is not required for this position.
No additional education unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
Not Applicable
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