Clinical Survey Research & Methodology Expert (Physician / PhD)

What You'll Do7

• Build and refine surveys aimed at physicians across a range of diseases and therapeutic areas.
• Check every question for clinical accuracy, medical relevance, plain wording, and fit with the intended specialist audience.
• Turn complex clinical ideas and research goals into structured questions that avoid leading or biased framing.
• Apply market research methods to sharpen questionnaire design, answer options, survey flow, and the quality of collected data.
• Review terminology, treatment pathways, diagnostic criteria, and patient management details for therapeutic relevance.
• Work with research teams to fold in feedback and keep standards consistent from one survey to the next.
• Recommend changes that raise survey validity and hold physician attention through to completion.

Requirements7

• MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, or a comparable advanced degree in medicine, clinical research, or a related discipline.
• Deep knowledge of specific diseases, treatment guidelines, and how clinicians reach decisions in practice.
• Track record designing, writing, reviewing, or validating surveys for healthcare professionals.
• Command of questionnaire design, survey logic, response scales, and question bias.
• Background with pharmaceutical companies, healthcare market research agencies, life sciences consultancies, or clinical research organisations.
• Ability to explain complex medical information in clear written form.
• Preferred: 3 or more years in healthcare market research or clinical survey development, plus hands-on use of Qualtrics, Forsta, Decipher, Alchemer, or SurveyMonkey.

Who Should Apply

Physicians, PhDs, and PharmDs who have built or reviewed HCP surveys and know one or more therapeutic areas in depth. You have worked alongside market research agencies or pharma teams and can catch a biased question before it reaches the field.

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