Epidemiology Intern

September 15

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• The Future Talent Program features internships that last up to 12 weeks and will include one or more projects. • These opportunities can provide you with great development and a chance to see if we are the right company for your long-term goals. • Our Research & Development Division located in West Point, PA, is seeking six 2025 summer interns. • Primary responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following: • Summarizing background information of a specific topic via targeted literature review • Conducting data analysis in real-world health data sources to understand data quality, disease identification or treatment patterns, develop and validate prediction models • Summarizing and interpreting study results • Contributing to protocol development and manuscript writing • Contributing to development and update of visualization tools (e.g., dashboard, geospatial visuals) of real-world data • Contributing to development of materials to understand artificial intelligence and machine learning methods • Communicating findings to an internal or external audience • The interns will have the opportunity to present their research work in internal or external professional forums or meetings. • In addition, the interns will attend departmental and project team meetings to gain a broad perspective on the application of epidemiology and statistical method in the pharmaceutical industry. • We are seeking intern candidates with strong academic performance, communication skills, spirit of teamwork, and the ability to work in a multi-functional environment.

Requirements

• Candidates must be a currently enrolled graduate student pursuing a PhD degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, data science, biomedical informatics, or other closely related field; • Or a currently enrolled graduate student pursuing a PharmD degree with relevant training in epidemiology • Candidates must be able to commit to full-time employment for 10 - 12 weeks beginning June 2025. • Candidates will have completed at least 2 semesters of graduate work towards a PhD degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, data Science, biomedical Informatics, or other closely related field by May 30, 2025; or towards a PharmD degree with relevant training in epidemiology by May 30, 2025. • Candidates will be returning to school in Fall, 2025. • Candidates will have effective oral and written communication skills. • Have prior literature review (systematic/targeted) experience. • Have a good understanding of real-world data and real-world databases. • Have a good knowledge of SAS, SQL, R, or Python. • Students with an interest in genetics/biomarkers, geospatial analysis, policy, or patient-reported outcomes/clinical outcomes assessments (PROs/COAs), data science, model development, artificial intelligence/machine learning are encouraged to apply.