Subject Matter Expert (SME) - Generative AI - Orthopedics

Cactus Communications; Minnesota Lake (MN); A distancia; USD 138.000 - 276.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Cactus Communications seeks freelance Subject Matter Experts (GenAI in Medical Research) to guide GenAI-enabled products across study design, evidence synthesis, and publication workflows. You will collaborate with engineers, data scientists, UX designers, and product managers to ensure scientific rigor and credible results.

Ideal candidates hold an MD with Internal Medicine and an active US clinical license, with a strong record in clinical research, RCTs, and high-impact publications.

Formación

• MD with board-certified Internal Medicine and active US license.
• PhD/MPH/MS in Clinical Research or related field is highly desirable.
• Proven record of peer‑reviewed publications as first or senior author.
• Hands-on experience with RCTs, systematic reviews, or meta‑analyses.
• Experience as Principal Investigator is desirable.
• Familiarity with PubMed, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Cochrane Library.
• Working knowledge of GenAI, NLP, and ML in medical research.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsabilidades

• Provide expert guidance in product and workflow design to support clinical research, including reviews and trials.
• Evaluate and validate GenAI outputs for accuracy, rigor, and adherence to CONSORT, PRISMA, and GRADE.
• Facilitate integration of clinical data sources into AI-enabled tools and workflows.
• Collaborate with product managers, GenAI data scientists, UX designers, and software developers to define tests and translate clinical workflows into AI-assisted research capabilities.
• Translate complex clinical requirements into actionable specifications and define evaluation metrics for GenAI agent accuracy, bias, and reliability.
• Provide clinical review and feedback during model selection, tuning, and refinement processes.
• Serve as a clinical thought leader and support teams in interpreting data, methodologies, and publication standards.
• Represent the organization in selected customer engagements.

Conocimientos

Clinical research

RCT experience

Critical appraisal

Communication skills

Educación

MD with Internal Medicine

Advanced research training

Peer‑reviewed publications author

Herramientas

PubMed access

Cochrane Library

Descripción del empleo

Freelance Subject Matter Experts (GenAI in Medical Research)

We are seeking accomplished physician-researchers to serve as Subject Matter Experts (SME) in the field of Generative AI for medical research. The SME will be instrumental in supporting the development and validation of Generative AI (GenAI) products designed to advance medical research and evidence synthesis. They will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to design GenAI-enabled products and workflow solutions that aim to improve the quality, speed, and reliability of medical evidence generation, translation, and dissemination. They will serve as a scientific bridge, connecting medical researchers, GenAI engineers, data scientists, UX designers, software developers, and product managers.

Ideal candidates will be active physicians with hands‑on experience conducting, supervising, or participating in clinical research studies, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews, or meta‑analyses. They should also have a strong publication record as first or senior authors in peer‑reviewed, high‑impact journals. A thorough understanding of research methodology and publication ethics is highly desirable.

Job Responsibilities

Medical and Research Expertise

• Provide expert guidance in product and workflow design to support a wide spectrum of clinical research, including systematic reviews, narrative and scoping reviews, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), and qualitative studies.
• Evaluate and validate GenAI outputs to ensure scientific accuracy, methodological rigor, and compliance with established standards and frameworks such as CONSORT, PRISMA, and GRADE.
• Facilitate the integration of clinical and biomedical data sources into AI‑enabled tools and agents, with an emphasis on journal content.

Product and Technology Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with product managers, GenAI data scientists, UX designers, and software developers to define clinically relevant test cases for GenAI agents and translate clinical workflows into AI‑assisted research capabilities, including protocol formulation, literature screening, structured data extraction, quality appraisal, and evidence synthesis.
• Translate complex clinical and research requirements into actionable design specifications and define evaluation metrics for GenAI agent accuracy, bias, and reliability in research and publication settings.
• Provide clinical review and feedback throughout GenAI model selection, tuning, testing, and refinement processes.

Thought Partnership

• Serve as a clinical thought leader who informs agentic product development within the medical and research domains.
• Support teams in interpreting clinical data, research methodologies, and publication standards.
• Represent the organization in selected customer engagements.

Qualifications and prerequisites

Education and Clinical Training

• An MD degree with specialization in Internal Medicine, board certification in this specialty, and an active U.S. clinical license in good standing are required.
• Additionally, an advanced academic or research training is highly desirable, such as a PhD, MPH, or MS in Clinical Research, Biomedical Informatics, or Epidemiology.
• Demonstrated record of peer‑reviewed publications as a first or senior author in high‑impact journals.
• Hands‑on experience in conducting or supervising randomized controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews, or meta‑analyses.
• Principal Investigator experience is desirable.
• Familiarity with medical databases such as PubMed, Embase, ClinicalTrials.gov, and the Cochrane Library, as well as with modern data extraction or curation tools.

Preferred Technical and Domain Competencies

• Working knowledge of Generative AI, natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning as applied to medical research.
• Strong analytical and critical appraisal skills, particularly in evaluating GenAI‑assisted outputs.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with clinicians, data scientists, engineers, and product managers.

Benefits of the role:

• Flexible, asynchronous engagement
• Project-based (no fixed hours)