Description
Boehringer Ingelheim is currently seeking a talented and innovative Intern to join our Global Integrated Evidence department located at our Ridgefield facility. This remote position offers a unique opportunity to learn how real-world data (RWD), in conjunction with epidemiology and biostatistics, are integrated and applied in the pharmaceutical industry. As an intern, you will contribute to real-world evidence (RWE) projects using RWD sources (e.g., claims, EHR), such as estimating the incidence and prevalence of diseases, assessing the burden of diseases, analyzing healthcare resource utilization, and studying treatment patterns.
As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheims high regard for oure mployees.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Participate in RWE project discussions and provide input
- Conduct short term projects, such as incidence and prevalence of diseases, drug utilization and treatment patterns, burden of disease,...
- Contribute and advise on statistical and epidemiological methodology
- Using programming languages to develop code
Requirements
Must be a current undergraduate, graduate or advanced degree student in good academic standing.
Student must be enrolled at a college or university for the duration of the internship.
Overall cumulative minimum GPA from last completed quarter/semester 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) preferred.
Major or minor in related field of internship
Undergraduate students must have completed at least 12 credit hours at current college or university.
Graduate and advanced degree students must have completed at least 9 credit hours at current college or university.
Desired Experience, Skills and Abilities:
Student pursuing master's or Ph.D. degree highly preferred
Experience with statistician, epidemiologist, computer scientist or data scientist methodologies and strong statistical and analytical skills
Experience with statistical computing software such as R and SQL
Experience desired in claims data/electronic medical records data
Good written and verbal English
Good and proactive working attitude
Willingness to collaborate with others
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
- Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required)
- Must be 18 years of age or older
Compensation
This position offers an hourly rate of $29/hr or $33/hr commensurate to the level of degree program in which an applicant is actively enrolled.For an overview of our benefits please click here.