Summer 2025 - Pharmacometrics Internship

Posted:
9/17/2024, 4:37:07 AM

Location(s):
New Jersey, United States

Experience Level(s):
Internship

Field(s):
Data & Analytics

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

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Position Summary

We are looking for passionate undergraduate and graduate students who are seeking summer internship opportunities to learn, grow, and work alongside with other talents. The Intern will work in Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, and Bioanalysis (CPPB) with a specific focus on pharmacometrics related projects, under the guidance of an experienced scientist. The project will include hands-on pharmacometrics analysis and may include pharmacokinetic (PK) and exposure-response modeling of clinical data. As part of the Bristol Myers Squibb Intern Program, the internship will also provide an opportunity to gain understanding of the drug development process through interactions with matrix drug development teams, as well as networking opportunities with other interns/BMS colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with an experienced employee(s) in the pharmacometrics group on a project applicable to one or more of the following:
    • Population Pharmacokinetic modeling
    • Exposure-Response modeling
    • Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic modeling
    • Machine Learning Initiatives in Pharmacometrics
  • Tasks may include:
    • To prepare analysis datasets for pharmacometrics analysis of PK, biomarker, efficacy, and safety data;
    • To perform exploratory data analysis of PK, biomarker, efficacy, and safety data;
    • To develop pharmacometrics models to describe clinical observations of drug concentrations and biomarker/efficacy/safety responses;
    • To characterize the relationship between drug exposure and biomarker/efficacy/safety responses;
    • If needed, work closely and collaborate with other colleagues and subject matter experts;
  • Present analyses results, typically as a scientific poster and at a meeting to a greater team of colleagues.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Candidate should be enrolled in a graduate program (Ph.D., M.S., PharmD) or undergraduate program (when applicable) in Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacy, Engineering, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Sciences, Data Sciences, Mathematics or Statistics.
  • Ideal candidates should be familiar with quantitative methods. Hands-on experience or formal classes/workshops with one of the modeling tools such as NONMEM, Monolix, Phoenix/NLME, R, SAS, Python, or MATLAB.
  • Competitive candidates should have excellent oral and written communications skills and strong problem-solving skills.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
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On-site Protocol

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Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.

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