PhD Clinical Cognitive Research Scientist – Digital Neurofunctional Assessment

Company: BrainFx

Employment Type: Part time - Contract

Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Work Arrangement: Hybrid / Flexible

Experience Level: PhD-level research professional - Cognitive Research

About BrainFx

BrainFx develops digital cognitive assessment tools designed to measure cognitive performance through real-world, function-based activities. Its platform helps clinicians understand cognitive strengths and challenges across attention, memory, executive functioning, sensory, physical, and psychosocial domains.

Role Overview

BrainFx is seeking a PhD-level Clinical Cognitive Research Scientist to lead and support clinical research initiatives focused on mild cognitive impairment, neurofunctional assessment, and digital cognitive health technologies.

The successful candidate will contribute to research study design, scientific validation, assessment development, statistical analysis, and clinical evidence generation. This role will work closely with product, clinical, and technology teams to translate research findings into scientifically rigorous, clinically meaningful digital assessment solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement clinical research studies focused on cognitive function, mild cognitive impairment, and neurofunctional assessment.
• Develop research protocols, study methodologies, outcome measures, and validation frameworks.
• Evaluate the reliability, validity, sensitivity, and clinical utility of digital cognitive assessments.
• Analyze cognitive assessment data using appropriate statistical and research methodologies.
• Collaborate with clinicians, occupational therapists, neuroscientists, and product development teams.
• Support the development and refinement of digital assessment activities and cognitive performance measures.
• Prepare scientific reports, research manuscripts, abstracts, and publications.
• Contribute to clinical evidence documentation and regulatory submission support, as required.
• Ensure research activities follow applicable research ethics requirements, privacy standards, and relevant clinical research guidelines.
• Identify opportunities for research partnerships with universities, healthcare institutions, and clinical investigators.
• Support the interpretation of research findings to improve assessment quality and clinical relevance.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience, Clinical Neuroscience, Neuropsychology, Cognitive Psychology, Rehabilitation Science, or a closely related discipline.
• Demonstrated research experience in cognition, cognitive impairment, neuropsychological assessment, or digital health.
• Experience designing research studies, developing protocols, and interpreting scientific evidence.
• Strong knowledge of cognitive domains, including attention, memory, executive functioning, and information processing.
• Experience with statistical analysis and research data interpretation.
• Strong scientific writing, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across clinical, research, and technology teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with digital cognitive assessments or computerized neuropsychological testing.
• Research experience involving mild cognitive impairment, concussion, acquired brain injury, aging, or neurorehabilitation.
• Familiarity with psychometric validation, normative data, test–retest reliability, and clinical outcome measures.
• Experience with statistical tools such as R, Python, SPSS, or SAS.
• Experience preparing manuscripts, research proposals, ethics submissions, or regulatory evidence documentation.
• Experience collaborating with healthcare organizations or academic research institutions.

Key Success Measures

• Quality and timely completion of research protocols and study deliverables.
• Strength of evidence supporting assessment reliability, validity, and clinical utility.
• Quality of statistical analysis and scientific documentation.
• Contribution to assessment refinement and product research priorities.
• Successful collaboration with clinical, academic, and product stakeholders.

Application Requirements

Interested candidates should submit their CV, a brief summary of relevant research experience, and details of selected publications or clinical validation projects.

• Join BrainFx in advancing evidence-based digital cognitive assessment and improving understanding of real-world brain function.