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# Research Associate at Nourish

- **Company:** Nourish
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-06-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/usenourish/jobs/5285736008

## Job description

## About Us

Our mission is to improve people’s health by making it easy to live a healthy lifestyle.

Nourish was founded to address a fundamental failure in the U.S. healthcare system: the rapid rise of chronic disease, which affects hundreds of millions of Americans and drives the majority of healthcare spending. Despite the clear role of nutrition and lifestyle in preventing, managing, and reversing these conditions, care has remained fragmented and inaccessible. Nourish has built the country's largest dietitian-led metabolic health clinic. We’re an AI-native digital health system matching patients with 10,000+ Registered Dietitians, physicians, medications, lab testing, and AI agents to deliver insurance-covered care across all 50 states. Founded four years ago, we've completed millions of appointments, tripled year-over-year, and partnered with health plans covering 200M+ Americans across 250+ health systems.

In 2026 we raised a [$100M Series C](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260512183360/en/Nourish-Raises-%24100M-Series-C-to-Reverse-Chronic-Disease-with-AI-Native-Metabolic-Clinic), bringing total funding to $215M. The round was led by [Menlo Ventures](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmenlovc.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Menlo+Ventures&index=2&md5=a7f691ce61b1b69ee68a13a576315d2e), with participation from [Thrive Capital](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fthrivecap.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Thrive+Capital&index=3&md5=db2cd91478da9785a5cc9b584dea6320), [Index Ventures](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indexventures.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Index+Ventures&index=4&md5=f6be905422c6f378ec1b4bdc03024bbf), [J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fam.jpmorgan.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fasset-management%2Fmod%2Fgrowth-equity-partners%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=J.P.+Morgan+Growth+Equity+Partners&index=5&md5=1a7d1b0269d6145b0d067a9a65a2fa5c), [Maverick Ventures](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maverickventures.com%2Findex&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Maverick+Ventures&index=6&md5=65afa52b074a924da58983522f5ff138), [Y Combinator](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ycombinator.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Y+Combinator&index=7&md5=1da67b43f2e7bb379a32a7237fafef10), [BoxGroup](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boxgroup.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=BoxGroup&index=8&md5=e3212ef4cc6adb74a20f06b6b22341b6), [Atomico](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fatomico.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Atomico&index=9&md5=3239e86a77677eeb8958c8bf283d81ba), [Daybreak](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.daybreakventures.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Daybreak&index=10&md5=56300ef7f1766268053b30f4c406d8f2), and [Operator Partners](https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.operatorpartners.com%2F&esheet=54534855&newsitemid=20260512183360&lan=en-US&anchor=Operator+Partners&index=11&md5=e7e55dbffcf68c8100f12d4da422b1ed).

Learn more about our Series C here: [Nourish Blog](https://www.nourish.com/blog/nourish-announces-series-c), [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-19/nutrition-care-startup-raises-100-million-to-help-glp-1-treatment), [Fierce Healthcare](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/nourish-raises-100m-plans-expand-care-model-physicians), [Digital Native](https://www.digitalnative.tech/p/99180948-121a-4646-869f-a19d176c1c55), [The Pulse Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KZBAKUgwitLPlDErDDtUg?si=c3985e925a304576).

Our clinical philosophy

Our approach to care is grounded in meeting patients where they are and using evidence-based practices to drive long-term lifestyle, behavioral, and metabolic change. Our interdisciplinary care team provides personalized, in-depth, and expert-level care to patients from any and all backgrounds. We measure quality of outcomes against each patient’s individual goals, coordinate seamlessly across care teams (RDs, NPs, physicians, outside providers), and continuously refine our approach through data, feedback and innovation. You can read more about our approach [here.](https://www.usenourish.com/about)

## About the Role

As our first Research Associate, you will play a foundational role in building the operational infrastructure that makes Nourish's prospective clinical research possible — owning the systems, processes, and study execution from protocol design through data collection, and helping translate research plans into published outputs and high-impact commercial evidence.

This is a highly hands-on role for a strong individual contributor who thrives in ambiguity and is excited to build. You'll design and execute IRB protocols for strategically important clinical studies, manage patient enrollment, draft white papers, conference abstracts, and contribute to peer-reviewed publications, and work closely with clinical operations, product, data, and commercial partners to ensure our research is both rigorous and operationally sound.

This person will report into our [Head of Research](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-n-adams-phd/) and work closely with our clinical operations, product, data, and commercial teams. This role is full-time and open to NYC-based or remote candidates. Our office is located in Gramercy.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and execute IRB protocols — Own prospective study protocols from design through IRB approval and enrollment launch; manage consent processes and patient enrollment for high-priority clinical research studies
- Build cross-functional research infrastructure — Partner with Clinical Operations, Product, and Data teams to create systems for identifying eligible patients, capturing consent, and triggering follow-up data collection
- Research writing — Draft white papers and conference abstracts; contribute to peer-reviewed publications; manage submission logistics.
- Manage research data and monitor study health — Pull, organize, and QC research datasets; maintain documentation standards and support data integrity for active studies; build and maintain dashboards to track enrollment, flag data quality issues, and monitor study progress

We’d love to hear from you if:

- You've owned the operational execution of prospective clinical research — You know what it takes to stand up a study: building a protocol, navigating IRB approval, managing consent and enrollment, and maintaining data quality through follow-up. You've done this, not just supported it.
- You have a track record of research writing — You've authored conference abstracts and understand what rigorous research output requires; you can produce a clean, accurate draft efficiently. Manuscript writing experience is a plus.
- You're self-directed and fast-orienting — You get up to speed quickly in unfamiliar environments and start generating output without heavy hand-holding; comfortable moving forward before you have the full picture and course-correcting as you learn.
- You work well across functions, ideally in a digital health or health tech environment — You're comfortable driving projects forward in partnership with clinical, product, and data teams; you've had to translate research requirements into operational asks for non-research stakeholders and understand how research connects to business and clinical goals.
- You're operationally data-fluent — You're comfortable working with real-world clinical data independently — pulling, organizing, and QC'ing datasets, and using data tools and emerging technologies, including AI, to build efficient workflows and monitor study progress. Basic statistical fluency is a plus.

Education:

- Master's degree in a health-related field required; PhD also welcome.

Strong Plusses:

- Background in nutrition, metabolic health, or cardiometabolic conditions — brings depth to study design, interpretation, and collaboration with clinical teams
- Clinical experience in a healthcare setting — brings familiarity with how care is delivered and how to work effectively with clinical teams
- Experience building research infrastructure in ambiguous, build-from-scratch environments — you've stood something up without a playbook before

This is not a job for everyone. We hold an extremely high bar because we believe talent density is our biggest competitive advantage. We're looking for people who actively choose hard, ambiguous problems, who run toward unglamorous work, give and receive candid feedback, and bring relentless resilience without the ego. Our work is important, but we are not self-important. We do this because we’re solving one of the hardest problems in the world, and the problem matters. If that's you, we disproportionately reward it.

More Information:

[The Nourish Bar](https://app.notion.com/p/A-Guide-to-The-Nourish-Bar-36ecc837c1d0810f9f24e75b240c666c?pvs=21)

[Our Values](https://app.notion.com/p/Values-84cef6ac8c384f4d8f595a8c0061c62c?pvs=21)

[Why Nourish Exists](https://app.notion.com/p/Why-Nourish-Exists-84442a27abc34e2b95b2ad3d3dfb1214?pvs=21)

[How We Work](https://www.notion.so/a461b591089f412dbc2c55ab7167f74e)

[Comp Philosophy](https://www.notion.so/38e34a54930f45cf93f41fd7f7e28a83)

[Benefits](https://app.notion.com/p/Nourish-Benefits-36dcc837c1d0810198e4e69580095e2a?pvs=21)

Please note that you must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this position.

## About Nourish

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nourish is a digital health company that provides insurance-covered, AI-powered virtual nutrition counseling by connecting patients with Registered Dietitians via telehealth.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not disclosed, backed by leading venture capital firms)
- **Headquarters**: New York City, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Digital Health / Telehealth / Nutrition Care
- **Target Customers**: B2C (patients with insurance in all 50 states), B2B (health systems, employers)
- **Mission/Purpose**: To help everyone live a healthier, longer, and happier life by making it easy to eat well; addressing the root cause of chronic disease through accessible nutrition care.

## Products & Services
- **Nourish Telehealth Platform**: A virtual care service connecting patients with a dedicated Registered Dietitian for one-on-one telehealth appointments. 94% of patients pay $0 out of pocket through insurance coverage. Available in all 50 states with a network of 10,000+ dietitians.
- **Nourish Mobile App**: A companion app for between-session support, allowing patients to message their dietitian, view session summaries, track macros (including photo-based tracking), set goals, and access curated content.
- **Nourish AI Assistant**: A 24/7 AI-powered assistant that provides support and answers questions about nutrition goals between appointments.
- **Lab Work Integration**: Patients can access lab work at a local clinic and analyze results with their dietitian directly within the app.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Over 500,000 people have been helped by Nourish dietitians; 94% of patients pay $0 out of pocket; network of 10,000+ dietitians.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by leading venture capital firms and unicorn startup founders from Headway, Spring Health, Rightway Health, Alto Pharmacy, Oscar, Notion, Flatiron, Cadence, and more.
- **Growth Signals**: Rapid headcount growth of +170.2% year-over-year (reaching 1,424 employees as of mid-2026), with monthly growth of +5.1%. Demonstrates strong clinical outcomes: 80% of patients see health improvements in 30 days, 90% achieve progress towards goals after 3 months. Average A1C reduction of 1.3% and average weight loss of 8% for patients not on GLP-1s after 12 months.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Insurance-First Model**: Deep integration with hundreds of insurance plans makes care accessible ($0 out of pocket for 94% of patients), removing a major barrier to entry in the nutrition space.
- **Clinical Outcomes Focus**: Publishes strong outcome data (A1C, weight loss, cholesterol, blood pressure reduction) which builds trust and validates the model for payers and providers.
- **Large Provider Network**: 10,000+ dietitians allows for personalized matching and rapid scalability across all 50 states.
- **AI-Enhanced Care**: The 24/7 AI assistant provides a scalable layer of support between sessions, differentiating the patient experience from traditional telehealth.
- **Integrated Care Coordination**: Works with patients’ external care teams (primary care, specialists) to ensure a seamless, holistic patient experience.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling Clinical Operations**: Hiring for roles like Director of Care Strategy, Metabolic Health Nurse Practitioners, and Physicians, indicating a move to expand the scope of care beyond nutrition (e.g., metabolic health).
- **Technology & Product Investment**: Actively hiring for Engineering, Product, Design & Analytics roles (Engineering Manager, Senior Backend Engineer, Staff Software Engineer) to continue building out the AI assistant, app experience, and platform infrastructure.
- **Health Systems & Commercial Growth**: Building out a Health Systems team and a Commercial Strategy team to partner with employers and healthcare organizations.
- **Revenue Strategy & Finance**: Hiring for Revenue Strategy and Finance roles, suggesting a focus on monetization, payer contracting, and sustainable business growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Work**: The company is tackling a massive, meaningful problem (“broken healthcare system” / “poor nutrition is the #1 driver of chronic disease”) with a clear mission to improve health outcomes.
- **Strong Growth & Trajectory**: With 170% year-over-year headcount growth, the company is in a rapid scaling phase, offering significant career growth opportunities and impact.
- **Competitive Compensation**: Offers a competitive salary plus equity package.
- **Benefits Package**: Includes medical, dental, and vision insurance, 20 days annual leave, generous parental leave programs, learning and development allowance, home office allowance, and a $20 in-office lunch stipend.
- **Flexible Work Policy**: Offers flexibility in how and where you work. Many roles are listed as “Remote” or “New York, NY or Remote,” indicating a remote-friendly culture with physical hubs in NYC and San Francisco.
- **Culture & Values**: Emphasizes a growth mindset, data-driven decision making, patient-first empathy, and a collaborative clinical community. The company is building a “digital health system that is patient-friendly, prioritizes lifestyle change, delivers outcomes, and lowers costs.”

## Sources
1. [nourish.com - About Us](https://www.nourish.com/about)
2. [nourish.com - Careers](https://www.nourish.com/careers)
3. [nourish.com - Homepage](https://www.nourish.com/)
4. [LinkedIn - Nourish](https://www.linkedin.com/company/usenourish)
5. [Greenhouse - Jobs at Nourish](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/usenourish)

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