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# Clinical Research Scientist at WellTheory

- **Company:** WellTheory
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-30
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/welltheory/c6b74506-a585-4a40-b856-dd0c45840252

## Job description

## About WellTheory

WellTheory is a digital health company helping people with autoimmune conditions take control of their health through personalized care, nutrition guidance, and ongoing coaching. We're a team of 60+ passionate people who care deeply about helping our members reduce symptoms, feel better, and live fuller lives — while helping employers and payors reduce their spend.

## About the Role

Autoimmune disease is often invisible, poorly understood, and disproportionately affects women. WellTheory helps people manage it through nutrition and lifestyle-based care alongside their medical treatment, and we need rigorous evidence to show what works, for whom, and why. As our first Clinical Research Scientist, you’ll build our research function from scratch. You’ll own the agenda end to end: designing studies, analyzing our member and claims data, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, and turning findings into both commercial evidence and better care. This is a hands-on, senior individual contributor role with real influence over how our program evolves.

## What You'll Do

Study design and analysis

- Design and run observational studies on member data, including matched cohorts, pre/post analyses, propensity-scored comparisons, and interrupted time series
- Analyze medical and pharmacy claims, covering utilization, biologic and biosimilar trends, and cost of care
- Write statistical analysis plans and do the hands-on analysis in Python, R, or SQL, partnering with our data team for scale

Publication and scientific presence

- Publish as first or senior author in journals read by clinicians, payers, and digital health peers
- Present at meetings such as ACR, DDW, AAD, and AMCP
- Lead outside collaborations with health plans, employers, and academic partners as WellTheory’s principal investigator, including protocols and IRB submissions
- Manage all regulatory requirements for our studies, including IRB review

Turning evidence into impact

- Work with care and product teams to turn findings into updated protocols and a more personalized member experience
- Shape how we capture structured data (symptoms, adherence, biomarkers, PROs) so future studies are stronger
- Help define our autoimmune population and cohort logic
- Create white papers and one-pagers that commercial and partnership teams can use with prospects
- Serve as our scientific voice in health plan clinical reviews and payer conversations

You Might Be a Great Fit If You...

- A PhD or equivalent research doctorate in epidemiology, health services research, outcomes research, biostatistics, public health, nutrition science, or a related field. Exceptional MS/MPH candidates with deep industry experience and a strong publication record are welcome.
- Experience applying real-world evidence methods (propensity score matching, difference-in-differences, interrupted time series) to claims data such as MarketScan, Optum, or HealthVerity
- Industry experience in digital health, a payer, or life sciences, or a clear track record of applied, decision-oriented research
- Fluency in Python, R, or SQL
- A pragmatic view of evidence: you know when an RCT is the right tool and when it isn’t, and you can build rigor from the data available
- Familiarity with how evidence is used commercially, such as employer RFPs and health plan clinical reviews
- Comfort being the sole domain expert, saying “I don’t know yet, but here’s how we’ll find out,” and working across clinical, product, and data teams

This position requires current work authorization in the United States. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time.

Bonus Points

- Experience in autoimmune disease, rheumatology, dermatology, GI, or endocrinology
- Familiarity with nutrition and lifestyle interventions as clinical care
- Experience at an early- or growth-stage digital health company
- Prior experience building a research or evidence function from scratch
- Existing relationships with key opinion leaders in autoimmune care

## What We Offer

- A team that genuinely cares about each other and the members we serve
- A fully remote company that gathers every year for an annual retreat
- A base salary range of $130,000 – $150,000 with meaningful equity and benefits. Placement within our range depends on directly relevant skills and experiences you bring to the role.

For your safety: Please remember that WellTheory will only contact you from a @[welltheory.com](http://welltheory.com) email address. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Our recruiting team will never ask for money, fees, or banking information as part of our hiring process. If you're ever unsure, don't click any links and apply directly to a posted role on our career site.

-- At WellTheory, we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic team — so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't check every box, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be exactly who we're looking for.

WellTheory is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

If you require accommodations at any stage of our hiring process, please reach out to our hiring team. We're happy to work with you.

## About WellTheory

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: WellTheory is a virtual care platform that provides evidence-based, whole-person nutrition and lifestyle coaching to help people with autoimmune and inflammatory conditions reduce symptoms and improve quality of life.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States (also listed as Atherton, California)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Ellen Rudolph (CEO & Co-Founder), Claire Rudolph (Co-Founder, Head of Product), Wallace Torres (Co-Founder, Ops)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Digital health / Virtual care for autoimmune disease
- **Target customers**: B2B (employers, health plans, public sector pools like SISC) and B2C (individuals with autoimmune conditions)
- **Mission or purpose**: Reverse the autoimmune epidemic by filling gaps in traditional healthcare with a research-backed, whole-person care model that addresses root causes and treats the whole person.

## Products & Services
- **One-on-one Membership**: Personalized care plan with a dedicated team including a registered dietitian, board-certified health coach, and membership coordinator. Includes live coaching calls, unlimited messaging, advanced lab testing, and community events. Designed to address nutrition, sleep, stress, movement, and connection.
- **For Businesses (Employer/Health Plan Program)**: A turnkey autoimmune care benefit that reduces specialty medication costs and improves member outcomes. Includes claims analysis, program rollout, and independent actuarial validation of ROI.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – $26.32M (as of Series A, Nov 2025); Annual Revenue – $1M (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: General Catalyst (lead of Series A), Accel, BOX GROUP, 7wire Ventures, Ingeborg, UnitedHealthcare Accelerator (non-equity assistance). Key partner: Self-Insured Schools of California (SISC) – expanded partnership in April 2026 covering hundreds of thousands of public school employees.
- **Growth Signals**: 83.3% year-over-year headcount growth (51 employees as of mid-2026); 100% of pilot members reported significant improvement in at least one major autoimmune area; independent actuarial validation showed reduction in specialty drug costs and risk scores.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Built by autoimmune patients, for autoimmune patients** – care team members share lived experience, increasing empathy and relatability.
- **Whole-person, root-cause approach** – goes beyond symptom masking with advanced testing, nutrition, and lifestyle interventions.
- **Validated outcomes** – clinical improvements (energy, quality of life, depression, anxiety) and financial ROI (lower specialty drug spend) proven in independent pilot with SISC.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand employer and health plan partnerships** – especially in large public-sector organizations and self-insured pools where autoimmune prevalence and costs are high.
- **Deepen AI integration** – actively hiring a Head of AI Transformation to leverage AI in personalizing care and scaling impact.
- **Continue clinical validation** – building evidence base to differentiate from traditional care and symptom-masking approaches.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture** – opportunity to directly impact the lives of 50M+ Americans with autoimmune disease.
- **High-growth environment** – 83% yearly headcount growth, recent Series A funding, and expanding enterprise partnerships signal strong momentum.
- **Remote-friendly** – team distributed across US (majority), South Africa, and North Macedonia; flexible work likely.
- **Ownership and impact** – as a startup, employees can shape product, care protocols, and company direction.
- **Current open roles** (as of mid-2026): Head of AI Transformation, Exec Ops for CEO, Registered Dietitian – reflecting priorities in AI, executive operations, and clinical care.

## Sources
1. [welltheory.com](https://www.welltheory.com/) – Official website with product details, outcomes, and business offering.
2. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/welltheory) – Funding history, headquarters, investors, competitors, and news (SISC partnership).
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/welltheory) – Employee count, headcount growth, revenue estimate, open roles, and talent insights.
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/welltheory) – Current job postings and careers page.
5. [theorg.com](https://theorg.com/org/welltheory) – Founders and leadership details.

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