Jennifer Huberty, PhD

Fractional chief scientific officer, ex-director of science at Calm, Arizona, US

Jennifer Huberty is an accomplished behavioral research scientist with 20+ years of experience leading academic and industry-based science using digital approaches to change behavior and improve well-being. She founded Fit Minded LLC and serves as the fractional chief science officer to digital health companies, as well as an advisory board member contributing to scientific thought leadership and vision. She was the head of science at Calm for five years and consulted as the vice president of science for Flo Health in 2021. As a mentor for Headstream and Techstars, she helps start-ups find ways to integrate and leverage science for their company.

Jennifer Huberty has experience conducting research in the workplace and clinical settings and working cross-functionally with industry teams (product, content, marketing, and sales). She has published roughly 160 scientific papers and has a current appointment as an associate professor at the Mays Cancer Center/MD Anderson in San Antonio, Texas. She spent 18+ years as a research faculty, nine of those as an associate professor at Arizona State University in the College of Health Solutions. She holds affiliations as associate professor and research scholar in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Arizona’s College of Medicine and adjunct professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Scottsdale, Arizona. In her free time, she cohosts a podcast with her brother entitled “Mindful Vibin.” She lives in Phoenix with her husband, two boys, and three rescue dogs. You can find her at yoga or hiking the Phoenix preserves.