Intern, R&D Data Science Digital Health - Global Functions
At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.
Job Description:
In this role, you will work with colleagues in the JNJ Innovative Medicine R&D Data Science & Digital Health (DSDH) organization and partner with key businesses across JNJ Innovative Medicine (formerly Janssen). The R&D DSDH team within JJIM is driven to meaningfully change the trajectory of disease with transformational medicines to advance the care of patients in the communities we serve. The team uses a diverse set of data and tools, along with platform solutions to answer impactful analytical questions and inform key projects from discovery all the way through late development. This role sits within the DSDH Global Functions team and works cross-functionally to assess and implement state-of-the-art translational analytics and research that will inform on inclusion/exclusion criteria for protocol development.
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Responsibilities:
- Programmatically aggregating and evaluating outcomes and adverse events across multiple large internal/external sources
- Design, develop, and validate models to automate disease and outcome severity assessmen
- Automate ETL processes in protocol optimization
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support data science initiatives in early-stage protocol optimization
- Create and maintain documentation of data processes and procedures.
- Communicate data-related findings and insights to stakeholders.
Notes: The anticipated base pay for this position varies by current education level ($38.00/hour for masters students and $59.00/hour for PhD/MD students). This position is overtime eligible. Interns may be eligible to participate in Company employee benefit programs such as medical insurance, sick time, and holiday pay in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans. .
Qualifications
Requirements:
- Currently pursuing an graduate degree (Master's Degree - PhD or MD Degree) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Bioinformatics, Computational biology, or related degree (graduation date must extend past the internship end date).
- Possess a strong understanding of Biomedical Informatics, Biomedical terminology, Statistics, Digital Health, or related field as proven by current or prior coursework
- Familiarity with EHR and medical claims data
- Have experience with large database queries, construction, and automated ETL processes using SQL/Python/R
- Possess strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
- Strong interest in the exploration of innovative research using Digital Health, Real World Data, and gaining data and biomedical domain knowledge.
- Intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and a collaborative work approach
- Ability to work full time (40 hours a week) for the full term. Planned dates of June 16, 2025, through September 5, 2025
- Permanent US work authorization without the need for sponsorship now, or in the future (F1 or H1B requires sponsorship in future)
- Have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, which is reflective of all college coursework
Preferred:
• Coursework or background in Epidemiology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, and other Life Sciences.
• Prior independent, graduate, or classroom research experience on a data-focused project.
• Able to travel to on-site location in La Jolla, California
Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
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