Research areas
Questions our platform can help answer
We focus on studies where a working, clinician-connected app is the hard part. Each area below maps to capabilities already running in production.
Focus areas
Where we partner
We do not lead the science. Investigators set the questions, design, and outcomes. We make the intervention real, reliable, and well documented.
Eating-disorder recovery between sessions
Feasibility, acceptability, and engagement of a digital companion used alongside outpatient treatment such as family-based treatment and enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy. Patients complete brief check-ins; the treating team sees them with patient consent.
ARFID and repeated food exposure
Clinician-guided food exposure with an all-time record of foods tried and repeat attempts, modeled on established repeated-taste-exposure approaches. Suited to studies of exposure dose, variety, and family involvement.
Clinician workflow and measurement-based care
How between-session data changes the visit: review time per patient-week, which signals clinicians act on, and how standardized questionnaires fit routine care.
Family and caregiver involvement
Scoped caregiver access to meals and check-ins, built for family-based treatment, with guardian consent for minors and a transition at the age of majority.
Safety by design
Patient experiences without calorie, weight, or score feedback, and escalation paths when a patient reports distress. Useful for studies comparing configurations or measuring unintended effects.
Companion apps for other conditions
A family of companion health apps on the same shared platform, available as starting points for studies outside eating disorders.
Study designs
What the platform supports
Usability and readiness testing
Task-based sessions with clinicians and lived-experience contributors before a build is frozen.
Randomized pilots
App access assigned per participant, with usual-care arms that never see the app.
Configuration comparisons
Different feature sets per arm, each tied to a documented version.
Implementation studies
Rollout to clinics with workload, adoption, and fidelity measures.
Boundaries
What we will not claim
Pippa does not diagnose, prescribe nutrition, replace psychotherapy, or provide crisis care.
We describe our tools as adjuncts to professional treatment and leave conclusions about effectiveness to the evidence. Proposals we join state the same limits.
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