The Postdoc Fellow will support the iTHRIVE study. iTHRIVE is a Food Is Medicine intervention to improve blood pressure among adults with hypertension. It integrates an AI-enhanced Food Is Medicine solution, dietitian coaching, and culturally tailored adaptive messaging, and builds on the THRIVE pilot trial.

Key responsibilities:

• Coordinate day-to-day study operations, including participant recruitment, enrollment, retention, and follow-up at community sites.
• Develop and maintain the study protocol, manual of procedures, IRB submissions, and regulatory documentation.
• Coordinate intervention delivery with dietitians, the online produce marketplace and delivery partners, and the text-messaging platform, and monitor fidelity.
• Oversee data collection, REDCap database management, blood pressure and dietary data
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses and contribute to manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, and grant applications.
• Build and sustain relationships with food and produce partners, community organizations, and clinical partners.

Supervise and mentor research assistants and students, and prepare progress reports for the sponsor.

Required:

• Doctoral degree (PhD, DrPH, DNP, MD, or equivalent, including MBBS and MBChB) in nursing, public health, nutrition, epidemiology, behavioral or social science, medicine, or a related field.
• Experience conducting community-engaged, cardiovascular/hypertension, or nutrition research.
• Experience coordinating clinical or community-based trials, including IRB and human subjects procedures (CITI training, or willingness to complete it).
• Proficiency with REDCap and at least one statistical package (R, Stata, or SAS).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a publication record appropriate to career stage.
• Ability to travel locally to clinic and community sites in the Baltimore area.

 

Preferred:

 

• Experience with Food Is Medicine, produce prescription, dietary, or digital health (mHealth/text-messaging) interventions.
• Familiarity with dietary assessment methods and food and nutrition security measures.
• Qualitative or mixed-methods experience; human-centered design experience is a plus.
• Experience working within underserved communities.