Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD)

AuraOne, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 83,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

AuraOne, Inc. seeks a PhD-level Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist for a remote clinical-review track. You will evaluate AI outputs, grade clinical reasoning, dosing logic, and guideline adherence, and document corrections for the modeling team.

You must have an active license or board certification, hands-on case review experience, and the ability to apply multi-page rubrics. This is a contractor, US-eligible role with about 10 hours per week; compensation is hourly and

Qualifications

• Active or recent license / board certification in clinical review or an adjacent specialty.
• Hands-on clinical experience reading patient cases and writing structured assessments.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites guidelines, evidence, or standard of care.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.
• Prior work as a guideline reviewer, peer reviewer, or clinical educator.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted clinical decision support and its failure modes.
• Bilingual clinical experience for non-English patient cases.

Responsibilities

• Grade a model's differential-diagnosis reasoning on a clinical review case and write a 2-3 sentence assessment.
• Flag a dosing miscalculation with the right severity tag and corrected dose.
• Adjudicate a disputed case between two reviewers using current specialty guidelines.
• Audit a 25-case batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Skills

Clinical reasoning

Guideline review

Patient-safety assessment

Structured clinical writing

Clinical review

Healthcare

Education

PhD in Clinical/Translational field

Job description

Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD) is a remote clinical-review track for evaluating AI outputs that touch clinical review. Reviewers grade differential reasoning, dosing logic, and guideline adherence; flag patient-safety issues; and document the corrected clinical reasoning so the modeling team can close the gap.

Why this role matters

Clinical review AI is only useful if a credentialed clinician would sign their name to the output. AuraOne uses licensed and credentialed reviewers to set the bar for clinical reasoning, dosing, and guideline adherence in regulated workflows.

Responsibilities

• Review AI outputs against current clinical review clinical guidelines and standard of care for Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD) assignments.
• Grade differential reasoning, dosing, and red-flag handling on a structured rubric.
• Flag patient-safety issues with severity tags that match clinical-incident taxonomies.
• Capture the corrected clinical reasoning so the modeling team can train on it.
• Adjudicate disputed cases against published evidence or specialty guidelines.
• Maintain reviewer-quality scores in weekly inter-rater calibration cycles.

Qualifications

• Active or recent license / board certification in clinical review or an adjacent specialty for Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD) work.
• Hands-on clinical experience reading patient cases and writing structured assessments.
• Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches.
• Clear written reasoning that cites guidelines, evidence, or standard of care.
• Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.

Example tasks

• Grade a model's differential-diagnosis reasoning on a clinical review case and write a 2-3 sentence assessment.
• Flag a dosing miscalculation with the right severity tag and corrected dose.
• Adjudicate a disputed case between two reviewers using current specialty guidelines.
• Audit a 25-case batch for rubric consistency and report drift to the program lead.

Nice to have

• Prior work as a guideline reviewer, peer reviewer, or clinical educator.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted clinical decision support and its failure modes.
• Bilingual clinical experience for non-English patient cases.

Skills

• Clinical reasoning
• Guideline review
• Patient-safety assessment
• Structured clinical writing
• Clinical review
• Healthcare

Work model

Remote — US-eligible. Remote · Independent specialist contractor. Employment type: CONTRACTOR. Applicants must be authorized to work from US.

Compensation

Hourly rate confirmed after the interview process.

Active or recent license / board certification in clinical review or an adjacent specialty for Clinical, Microbiome & Translational Research Scientist (PhD) work. Hands-on clinical experience reading patient cases and writing structured assessments. Comfort applying multi-page rubrics consistently across long batches. Clear written reasoning that cites guidelines, evidence, or standard of care. Reliable async availability for at least 10 hours per week.