Summary
This application is for a 12-week internship role from June - August 2024. Resume review begins in January 2024.
The Biostatistics Department in the Analytics and Data Sciences organization provides statistical support across Research and Development. The clinical statisticians in the biostatistics group collaborate with stakeholders from different disciplines to develop agile and robust clinical development plans and decision frameworks for portfolio of products encompassing early and late-stage development. They also provide statistical expertise and manage the activities for clinical programs to ensure valid and efficient study designs.
Position Description
For the summer intern projects, you will be required to read and synthesize key methodology papers, efficiently develop simulation code in R or other statistical package and explore results in a systematic way. Any new code should be documented and packaged in a user-friendly way, to encourage broader use in the department. A final technical write-up and presentation will be expected.
Example projects may include:
Extension of the Tofersen Individual Surrogacy Model
Impacts of data and treatment effect heterogeneity on the estimation of individualized treatment rules for patients in neuroscience
Estimating novel treatment effect as time-delay in progression in Alzheimer’s Disease
Improving hypothesis testing in SLE confirmatory TOPAZ studies
Refining a statistical analysis pipeline for spatial proteomics
Qualifications:
Experience of performing statistical analysis with R, SAS and other statistical packages
Knowledge or interest working in biotechnology industry
Ability to translate data into business insights.
To participate in the Biogen Internship Program, students must meet the following eligibility criteria:
Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
At least 18 years of age prior to the scheduled start date
Be currently enrolled in an accredited college or university
Education
Currently enrolled in a PhD program
Completed two years of graduate work and passed doctorate qualification exam prior to the start of the internship and must return to school in fall 2023
Majored in statistics, biostatistics, or other related fields
The goal of Biogen Digital Health is to advance the application of health technologies and digital medicine. Our goal is to grow our commercial influence, derisk and speed up our R&D engine, and advance human health.
Biogen collaborates with evidence-based digital health innovators from all around the ecosystem who are committed to discovering cutting-edge solutions that have the potential to revolutionize patient care. As the field evolves and becomes more closely aligned with Biogen's future priorities and areas of concentration, we think it is important to take advantage of external talents and relationships.
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