Eating-disorder recovery
Digital adjuncts to outpatient treatment, including family-based treatment and CBT-E.
Research · Grants · Digital health
The technology partner for grant-funded digital health research.
We work with university investigators on NIH, NSF, and foundation proposals. Our team builds, operates, and documents the study software so the research team can focus on the science.
Build
Research configurations of a production platform, scoped to your protocol and frozen before enrollment.
Operate
Hosting, app store releases, monitoring, and participant support for the length of the award.
Document
Version records, data dictionaries, and technical sections ready for the application and the IRB.
What we bring to a proposal
A small business partner that ships
Small business programs need a company that can carry the technical work. We have done that work in production, with real patients and clinicians, before the grant starts.
An existing platform
Patient iOS and Android apps and a clinician web dashboard already operating in eating-disorder care.
Small business eligibility
Pippa LLC can serve as the applicant small business on SBIR and STTR mechanisms, with a university as the research institution.
Study-ready configuration
Feature controls, care approaches, and consent flows set per study arm, then locked to a documented version.
Sensitive data experience
Consent-gated sharing, guardian consent for minors, audit logging, and staged deletion with defined retention.
Engagement measures
Use and adherence captured as the app runs, defined in advance so feasibility outcomes are unambiguous.
Application support
Technical narrative, facilities, budget inputs, and letters of support on your timeline.
Research areas
Where we want to work
Questions our platform is already built to help answer.
ARFID and food exposure
Structured, repeated food exposure tracked across weeks, guided by the treating clinician.
Clinician workflow
Measurement-based care, review burden, and how between-session data reaches the visit.
Safety by design
Non-numeric patient experiences and escalation paths for distress in digital tools.
Current program
In preparation
An NIH STTR Phase I application with a university research partner, evaluating a frozen Pippa research configuration as an adjunct to outpatient eating-disorder treatment.
The university leads the science: study design, recruitment, outcomes, and analysis. Pippa builds and operates the research configuration and administers the award as the small business concern. That division of labor is the model we offer every partner.
How we work
From first call to final report
01
Fit
We read the funding opportunity and your aims, and tell you plainly whether we are the right partner.
02
Proposal
Technical sections, budget inputs, work allocation, and a letter of support, on your internal deadlines.
03
Build and freeze
We configure the research build to the protocol and lock a documented version before enrollment.
04
Run and report
Operations and participant support through the award, plus data exports and technical reporting.
Have a funding opportunity in mind?
Send the announcement number, your aims, and the receipt date. We respond within two business days.