Ulcerative Colitis Physician – Medical Market Research Survey Expert

About this role

**Mercor is seeking an experienced physician with expertise in Ulcerative Colitis (UC)** to support a specialised healthcare market research project. This role focuses on translating a structured research brief into a high-quality physician survey designed to generate meaningful insights into the treatment and management of Ulcerative Colitis. The ideal expert combines strong clinical knowledge of UC with prior experience **developing surveys, questionnaires, or discussion guides for healthcare or pharmaceutical market research**. ## Key Responsibilities - Review a provided research brief outlining target cohorts, research objectives, screening criteria, and key areas of investigation. - Develop a complete **physician-facing Ulcerative Colitis survey** from the research brief. - Translate research objectives into clear, clinically accurate, unbiased, and appropriately structured survey questions. - Incorporate provided cohort definitions and screening criteria into the overall survey flow. - Design relevant questions covering areas such as patient segmentation, disease severity, treatment pathways, therapy selection, treatment switching, clinical decision-making, and unmet needs. - Structure appropriate response options, scales, follow-up questions, skip logic, and other survey elements where required. - Follow provided survey-writing guidelines and existing templates closely to ensure the final deliverable matches the required format and style. - Review the completed survey for clinical accuracy, logical flow, clarity, neutrality, and completeness before submission. ## You’re a Strong Fit If You Have - An **MD/DO or equivalent medical degree**, ideally with a background in gastroenterology or another field involving direct management of Ulcerative Colitis. - Strong familiarity with the **Ulcerative Colitis treatment landscape**, including disease assessment, treatment sequencing, biologics, targeted therapies, remission, and real-world physician decision-making. - Prior experience **writing healthcare or pharmaceutical market research surveys**, questionnaires, discussion guides, or similar research instruments. - Experience working with pharmaceutical companies, healthcare market research firms, medical affairs teams, life sciences consulting firms, or healthcare insights organisations is strongly preferred. - Ability to translate broad research objectives into precise, answerable survey questions and appropriate response options. - Strong understanding of survey design principles, including neutral wording, question sequencing, response scales, screening logic, and avoidance of bias. - Ability to work from established examples and adhere closely to detailed survey-writing guidelines and output requirements. - Excellent written communication, clinical judgment, and attention to detail. ## Project Inputs The expert will receive: - A detailed **research brief** containing key cohort information, proposed filter questions, and research areas. - A predefined **cohort and screener section** outlining participant inclusion criteria. - Example completed survey templates demonstrating the expected structure, formatting, level of detail, and writing style. ## Expected Deliverable - A **fully drafted Ulcerative Colitis physician survey document**, following the structure and quality standards demonstrated in the provided templates. - The survey should be ready for review and subsequent implementation with minimal additional drafting required. ## Why Join - Contribute directly to high-impact healthcare and life sciences research. - Apply both clinical expertise and research experience to shape professionally deployed research materials. - Work on a focused, clearly scoped project with detailed briefs, templates, and expected outputs provided upfront. - Collaborate remotely and flexibly on specialised projects aligned with your professional expertise.

Skills & domains

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