Research Fellow – AI-moderated Interviews, Trust in Healthcare Study

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants anywhere in the world.

📋 Description

• Create a research initiative utilizing Surgo Health's healthcare trust dataset.

• Examine trust dynamics involving medical providers, health institutions, social media, and artificial intelligence.

• Utilize qualitative dialogues obtained through Derin®, Surgo's AI-facilitated interviewing system.

• Contrast traditional survey methodologies with AI-facilitated conversational interviews.

• Explore themes such as trust erosion and recovery, public views on AI in healthcare, choices made contrary to medical advice, institutional versus personal trust, and perceptions of the pharmaceutical industry.

• Assess survey methodologies, interviewer design, conversation dynamics, and computational techniques.

• Prepare one manuscript for journal peer review.

• Generate documented analysis code that replicates all figures reported from the dataset.

• Engage in weekly project touchpoint meetings.

• Integrate methodological advice from Surgo Health's research team.

• Secure final manuscript approval from Surgo Health.

⛳️ Requirements

• Submit a research proposal of 1–2 pages.

• The proposal should detail the primary contribution, utilization of qualitative data, practical application, analytical strategy, and publication objectives.

• Research questions must be answerable using the existing dataset and should not necessitate funding for new data collection.

• Projects should capitalize on conversational interview data and explore reasoning, experiences, or context beyond fixed response items.

• Proposals should contribute to modern discussions on trust and healthcare in the U.S.

• Proposals should strive for peer-reviewed publication with rigorous methodologies.

• The analytical plan should address critical variables, panel-specific estimates, and both randomized and observational factors.

• Selection will be based on practical relevance, research depth, feasibility, alignment with Surgo Health's research priorities, and potential for publication.

• Chosen projects must adhere to reporting standards.

🏝️ Benefits

• Weekly project touchpoint meetings.

• Complete access to the study dataset.

• Methodological and analytical support from Surgo's research team.

• Onboarding materials, including the data dictionary and reporting standards.

• Lead authorship and support for publication.

• Compensation of $6,000 upon successful submission of the draft to Surgo.

• Earliest project start date: 26th October 2026.

• Paper completion date: 19th February 2027.

• Final manuscript submission deadline: 26th February 2027.