Master of Science in Real World Evidence in Healthcare and Life Sciences – Portland

Unique Features

• The Master of Science in Real World Evidence in Healthcare and Life Sciences program at Northeastern draws on strong industry partnerships to provide experiential learning opportunities for students enrolled in this program.
• During the program, you will work with the Experiential Network (XN) in projects. The capstone course will consist of experiential learning that may be offered in concert with Northeastern partners in the life sciences and healthcare industry

Program Objectives

Through this program, students will acquire the ability to:

• Describe the value and process of the ethical use of observational health data to answer clinical questions.
• Illustrate how different forms of observational health data are collected, organized, and standardized to generate accurate, reproducible, and well-calibrated evidence.
• Use state-of-the-art statistical software and methods to combine and analyze large-scale federated health data from diverse sources (e.g., EHRs) while preserving privacy.
• Construct and take part in a team to conceptualize, analyze, and communicate the results of a study using observational health data to answer a clinical question.
• Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of an observational health analysis.

Career Outlook

The hiring market for RWE-related skills is strong, particularly in the United States, where there were over 85,000 job postings related to RWE from December 2020 to November 2021 (Source: Emsi Knowledge Base, 2021).

The  top  employers  hiring  professionals  with  RWE-related  skills  in  relevant  industries  include Pfizer,  Merck,  the  Center  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention,  and  Bristol Myers  Squibb (Source: Emsi Knowledge Base, 2021).