Senior Quantitative Systems Pharmacologist I

About AbbVie
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The Senior Quantitative Systems Pharmacologist I develops mathematical models (PBPK models, systems pharmacology, and/or pharmacometrics) to answer relevant clinical and biopharmaceutics questions for various project teams.

 

Responsibilities: 

Executes PBPK and/or systems pharmacology models on one or more studies to answer specific clinical and biopharmaceutics questions Contributes to systems modeling or mechanistic modeling plans to drive therapeutic area success in areas including PK/PD, toxicodynamics, biopharmaceutics, and disease modeling Performs model optimization, parameter estimation, and model verification of existing PBPK and/or systems pharmacology models Writes, communicates, and presents PBPK and/or system pharmacology materials; presents modeling and simulation materials in reports and internal/external meetings Contributes to drug development teams by preparing PK/PD interpretations of reports for regulatory filings, clinical protocols, DDI study designs and in support of formulation selection, and dissolution specifications Understands regulatory advances, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for model-informed drug development Performs literature review and regulatory document review to ensure state-of-the-art modeling activities Contributes to presentation of model results for external publications, project reviews, reports and/or regulatory submissions Participates in external scientific groups to promote modeling and simulation activities
Qualifications

Qualifications:

PhD in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacology, Systems Biology, Bio-Engineering, Mathematical Biology or a related area Demonstrated proficiency on systems pharmacology, PBPK or pharmacometrics projects Demonstrated experience with modeling and simulation software including MATLAB, R, Simcyp, GastroPlus, or PK-Sim and/or other relevant software Demonstrated ability to accomplish one or more of PBPK modeling, QSP modeling, biopharmaceutics, or pharmacometric (PK/PD) activities from planning to implementation through completion Excellent communication skills Key leadership competencies: Builds strong relationships; performs efficiently in joint interdisciplinary teams; learns fast; can change course quickly where indicated; open to suggestions and experimentation for improvement
Significant Work Activities
N/A
Travel
No
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
IC
Equal Employment Opportunity
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