Research Associate I – Patient-Centered Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Research Associate I supporting healthcare research projects with tasks in data management and analysis. Collaborating on proposals and managing literature reviews in a remote setup.

Posted 5/1/2026full-timeRemote • 🇲🇽 MexicoJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assist with preparing proposals, protocols, and reports by conducting internet and literature searches.
Conduct literature reviews by abstracting data from scientific articles.
Participate in and oversee site recruitment, site contracting and IRB submissions, site management, and site training (including tracking enrollment and scheduling).
Manage data, including performing data entry and review. Assist with data analysis, including preparing qualitative code books, performing and overseeing coding, and reviewing quantitative data tables. Conduct one-on-one cognitive interviews and co-moderating focus groups; compile data collection tools. Handle data extraction (epidemiological and clinical data); model programming (larger parts of models).
Perform efficient delegation and communication within and outside of the project team.
Assist with financial management.
Provide scientific support in the implementation of simulation models (e.g., discrete event simulation) and other decision-analytic models (e.g., Markov, individual state-transition, survival partition) to assess the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions.
Assist project managers on multiple projects including drafting sections of project deliverables (reports, dossiers, protocols, spreadsheets, etc.) and participate in abstract, manuscript preparation, project proposals (e.g., gathering relevant material, drafting background sections, conducting scoping searches, and developing project budgets).
Participate in client meetings and prepare meeting minutes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s Degree in scientific discipline and at least one year of experience in healthcare research; or Bachelor’s Degree in scientific discipline and at least two years of experience in healthcare research.
Coursework in implementation science and/or experience with implementation science studies
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office
Basic understanding of research methods
Basic knowledge of implementation science theories, models, and frameworks and/or behavioral theories, models and frameworks
Know how to multitask
Good communication skills
Problem-solving mindset
Attention to detail
Ability to work well within a team

Benefits

Comp & perks

Travel 10–30% of the time
Employee health benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analysisdata entryliterature reviewcodingmodel programmingsimulation modelsdiscrete event simulationMarkov modelssurvival partition modelsqualitative coding

Soft Skills

communication skillsproblem-solvingattention to detailmultitaskingteamworkdelegationorganizational skillsleadershipinterpersonal skillsclient management