Menopause Clinical & Research Subject Matter Expert

Position: Menopause Clinical & Research Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours/week

Compensation: $180,000–$250,000/year

Contract: 1-year initial term with potential to extend up to 5 years

Our client is supporting the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH), on an initiative focused on improving and standardizing menopause research.

The team is seeking a Menopause Clinical & Research Subject Matter Expert (SME) who can provide scientific and clinical expertise to help determine what information should be consistently collected and measured across future menopause research studies.

This is a research and advisory-focused position rather than a patient-facing clinical role. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in menopause along with experience in clinical research, women's health research, epidemiology, or a related area.

• Serve as a subject matter expert in menopause and women's health research.
• Review existing menopause research, scientific literature, clinical studies, and available datasets.
• Identify clinically meaningful menopause symptoms, outcomes, variables, and other data points that should be consistently measured in research.
• Support the development and refinement of Common Data Elements (CDEs) for menopause research.
• Evaluate how menopause-related information is currently defined and measured across different studies.
• Help establish standardized definitions and research variables that can be used across future studies.
• Provide scientific recommendations based on existing research and clinical evidence.
• Collaborate closely with NIH leadership, researchers, clinicians, and other scientific subject matter experts.
• Participate in discussions and working sessions to build consensus around research standards and recommendations.

• MD, DO, PhD, or equivalent advanced degree in a relevant clinical or scientific discipline.
• Demonstrated expertise specifically within menopause and women's health
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• Experience conducting, leading, or supporting menopause-related clinical or research initiatives.
• Strong understanding of clinical research methodologies and scientific literature.
• Experience reviewing research data, outcomes, variables, or clinical datasets.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable working with multidisciplinary teams and senior scientific stakeholders.
• Ability to work onsite in Bethesda, MD several days per week.

• Previous experience with Common Data Elements (CDEs) or research data standardization.
• Background in OB/GYN, reproductive endocrinology, menopause medicine, women's health, epidemiology, or public health.
• Experience with observational studies, registries, longitudinal research, or real-world data.
• Previous NIH or NIH-funded research experience.
• Experience publishing or presenting research related to menopause or women's health.

Different menopause studies may measure symptoms, outcomes, and patient characteristics in different ways, making it difficult to compare research across studies.

This initiative is focused on creating greater consistency.

Simply put,
NIH is working to standardize how menopause is studied, and this individual will provide the menopause expertise needed to determine what researchers should measure and how those data points should be defined.