Research Scientist

Surgo Health

Research Scientist at Surgo Health developing AI-driven insights for youth mental wellbeing. Designing and analyzing large-scale surveys to improve mental health interventions.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, configure and deploy cutting edge mental health collections to capture youth mental wellbeing patterns that are innovative and push the space forward
Analyze large-scale text data from thousands of youth to synthesize lived experiences into actionable and understandable insights
Propose interventions to a diverse set of mental health stakeholders based on our findings to amplify the work of charities, policy makers, advocacy organizations, and healthcare providers to genuinely improve mental health outcomes
Inform our products and interactive outputs by communicating what we’re seeing works best, and effectively relaying that information to our Product and R&D teams so they can generalize our approaches.
Deliver on a wide range of research activities such as data analytics, literature review, instrument development, development of novel data sources, compiling reports and slide decks
Innovate, experiment, and deliver with ownership by thinking flexibly and creatively around what’s most needed in the UK mental health and wellbeing space today

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have a PhD in a relevant field - such as psychology, health sciences, public health, neuroscience
You have a deep interest in how non-clinical factors like beliefs, attitudes, and barriers impact mental health and wellbeing behaviors and outcomes, especially in upstream prevention
You have collected large scale surveys before (1000+ participants), and are comfortable designing and deploying them
You are highly experienced in R and/or Python, and are experienced in / eager to learn Databricks, with an interest in creating reusable processing pipelines
You are a proficient data scientist, and know when to use which analytical method
You enjoy working with a variety of external stakeholders, and can effectively understand what research insights empower them best
You enjoy working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment where you can both lead strategically and build hands-on

Benefits

Comp & perks

Fantastic, fun and collaborative colleagues; opportunity to solve tough challenges in healthcare
Ability to be entrepreneurial and tremendous opportunities for growth
Public Benefit Corporation with an impact and equity mission
Competitive compensation and pension benefits
Professional Development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

data analyticsliterature reviewinstrument developmentdata collectionRPythonDatabricksanalytical methodssurvey designdata processing pipelines

Soft Skills

communicationflexibilitycreativityleadershipcollaborationstrategic thinkingstakeholder engagementownershipproblem-solvingadaptability

Certifications

PhD in psychologyPhD in health sciencesPhD in public healthPhD in neuroscience