Clinical Research Scientist

Zipongo enables Eating Well Made Simple. We provide Foodsmart--FoodSmart population nutrition analytics integrated with FoodsMart ad-free buying with options ranging from Amazon Fresh & Sun Basket to GrubHub & Compass Cafes, Telenutrition, and Foodscripts health plan food subsidy disease reversal programs to hundreds of employers and health plans, including 5 of the 7 largest health plans in the US.

We are looking for an outstanding Clinical Research Scientist with strong human subjects research and statistics experience (nutritional epidemiology preferred) to evaluate and improve our Foodsmart, Telenutrition and Foodscripts services, as we grow from nearly 1 million enrolled users today to are goal of 10 million users in the coming years. To start, this position is responsible for coordinating new research studies as a Principal Investigator or in collaboration with our Chief Medical Officer, Scientific Advisors or other partner academic PIs, conducting statistical analyses, reviewing literature, drafting manuscripts in collaboration with internal and external co-authors, and assisting with day-to-day activities of the research team to support cross-functional collaboration with clinical education, product, and commercial teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate operations and logistics for clinical trials as key study personnel under the direction of the Primary Investigator. Oversight of future clinical trials is a possibility with appropriate experience/expertise.
• Collaborate with PIs to conduct statistical analyses supporting all Zipongo internal and external clinical research projects including the Zipongo Nutrition Registry, randomized controlled trials and cost-effectiveness analyses.
• Perform literature reviews to enable evidence-based decision making and written assets.
• Assist with drafting, editing, and submission of manuscripts for peer review in collaboration with co-authors.
• Build productive collaborations with co-workers in data science, clinical care and education, graphic design, product, and commercial teams.
• Develop systematic and semi-automated processes to expedite evaluation of multiple variables via multiple sub-studies.

90 Day Plan

As you begin your first 3 months with Zipongo, we you will work to accomplish the following:

• Coordinate operations and logistics to launch a new research study while working closely with the study PI.
• Perform data analyses of patient nutrition and health outcomes that prove or improve patient outcomes and health plan costs while gaining fluency with our internal data tools.

• Lead a retrospective analysis that leads to a strong publication submission and drives hypotheses for future study.

• Establish strong working relationships with Zipongo team members in research and beyond.

• MS or MPH in nutrition, physiology, public health, psychology, biomedical science, epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field.
• 2+ years of statistics experience with SPSS, python, R, or similar tool. (Experience with SQL is a plus.)
• Experience in human subjects research including study coordination and progress reporting.
• Strong experience and attention to detail in data collection, management, and reporting. Ability to iterate on processes to increase efficiency and effectiveness in these tasks.
• Impeccable integrity for research ethics and data analysis/presentation.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills across a variety of audiences (professional, medical/scientific, patients) and with patient-centered tone and personality.
• Ability to work at start-up speed and possess intellectual curiosity with the desire to improve health outcomes for patients.
• Bonus requirements:
  • PhD in nutrition, physiology, public health, psychology, biomedical science, epidemiology, biostatistics, or a related field.
  • 4+ years statistics experience with SPSS, python, R, or similar tool. Experience with SQL. Expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics, and use of observational, real world data for deriving insights and developing hypotheses.
  • Minimum of 5 peer-reviewed publications including first author or senior author manuscripts and demonstration of excellent scientific writing.
  • Leadership of research collaborations involving co-authors from multiple fields.
  • Experience with nutrition studies as well as cardiometabolic disease, diabetes, cardiology, lipidology, oncology, autoimmune disease, behavioral medicine, telemedicine, digital and mobile health.

Values drive Zipongo's culture, so you’ll do well if your own values are rooted in being:

• Measurable: You leverage data and results to iterate on problems rapidly, and do not rely on politics or tradition drive projects
• Impactful: You let your focus on mission drive you in having a positive impact and not get caught up in small daily challenges; you focus on the biggest rocks over the pebbles and the sand.
• Collaborative: You are humble, transparent, open to transparent feedback and kind to your colleagues as you seek out their collaboration and share learnings
• Accountable: You are empowered, and take accountability for your work and projects the team counts on you for
• Creative: You bring urgency and creativity to overcome challenges with speed and tenacity.