This category covers clinical research and trials, scientific and medical affairs, health economics and outcomes research, and applied research in areas like machine learning for imaging or diagnostics. The output might be a study supporting regulatory clearance, real-world evidence for a payer coverage decision, a publication with a health system partner, or validation work behind an algorithm.
Employers include medical device and diagnostics manufacturers, digital therapeutics and digital health companies, imaging and AI vendors, life sciences data firms, and provider-affiliated research organizations. Work runs through IRB submissions, study protocols, site coordination, data collection standards, statistical analysis, and manuscript preparation.
Employers commonly ask for advanced degrees for scientist and HEOR roles, GCP familiarity and trial operations experience for clinical research roles, and strong statistical tooling skills in R, Python, SAS, or similar for quantitative positions.
Role titles you'll see in this category
- Clinical Research Associate
- Clinical Research Coordinator
- Research Scientist
- Medical Science Liaison
- Health Economics & Outcomes Research Manager
- Biostatistician
- Director of Clinical Affairs
Titles vary by employer; not every current opening uses these exact names.