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2024 University Recruiting - Medical Data Scientist Summer Intern

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Merck

Sep 27, 2023

Applications are closed

  • Internship
    Full-time
    Summer Internship
  • Data
    Science
  • Boston

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of undergraduate education completed.
  • Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelors, Masters, or PHD degree program.
  • Preferred Education
  • Some graduate school completion
  • Area of Study: Studying a technical field degree (e.g., computational biology, engineering, computer science, etc.) or enrolled in a humanities/social science program with a quantitative focus (e.g., psychology, neuroscience, public health, etc.)
  • Required Experience and Skills
  • Candidates must be able to commit to full-time remote employment for 10 - 12 weeks beginning June 2024
  • Strong statistical analysis skills
  • Fluent in at least one analytic programming language (Python, R, SAS)
  • Familiarity with MS Office Suite Products (Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Experience presenting to audiences with broad expertise
  • Ability to work both collaboratively in a team and independently
  • Preferred Skills
  • Fluent in R or Python
  • Expertise in machine learning methodologies
  • Proficiency with SQL
  • Familiarity with a web application framework (e.g., Shiny, Streamlit, Dash)
  • Experience conducting healthcare or life science research

Responsibilities

  • Review literature and other resources to gain knowledge of subject area
  • Gain familiarity in methodologies to analyze Real World Data assets (e.g., medical claims datasets, electric health records)
  • Process data in preparation for analysis
  • Use analytic tools (e.g., Python, R, SAS, SQL) to conduct statistical / machine learning analyses to derive insights
  • Present findings to team and key stakeholders
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Merck

Science & Healthcare
Industry
10,001+
Employees

Mission & Purpose

At Merck, known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, we are unified around our purpose: We use the power of leading-edge science to save and improve lives around the world. For more than 130 years, we have brought hope to humanity through the development of important medicines and vaccines. We aspire to be the premier research-intensive biopharmaceutical company in the world – and today, we are at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions that advance the prevention and treatment of diseases in people and animals. We foster a diverse and inclusive global workforce and operate responsibly every day to enable a safe, sustainable and healthy future for all people and communities. For more information,