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The Vertex Internship Program offers students the opportunity to learn about the pharmaceutical industry from a hands-on perspective. You will be working closely with and learning from some of the brightest people in the industry. When you join our internship program you should not be surprised to see that our environment is one that is innovative and team oriented, where collaboration is not just a word, and "we are relentless" is in everything we do. Students can expect to be challenged by their project plan, connect with other interns, and feel valued by the Vertex community. Not only will interns learn about their day-to-day tasks through their specific work assignments, but they will interact and have exposure to our organizational leaders and their teams.
Job Summary:
The Statistical Programming Group is looking for an Intern to to build a reusable R template/platform that facilitates certain routine tasks conducted by the Statistical Programming group. These tasks will include to continue and complete Clinical Study Report outputs using R code. By the end of the internship, the generated R template or R Shiny app will be presented to the Statistical Programming group. The QA Team will compare the outputs produced by the R programming with the corresponding outputs from the study team to see if they are matched or not.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
We are looking for a student pursuing a Biostats, Computer Science or other degree with strong R programing skills and experience. Ideally the candidate with have some knowledge of clinical trials, especially as it relates to standardized clinical data (using CDISC standards). The ideal candidate would have a previous Summer Internship working for a pharmaceutical, biotech or contract research organization (CRO)
This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner that provides services to Vertex. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of that third-party agency; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency upon offer.
Company Information
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.
Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.
The Vertex Internship Program offers students the opportunity to learn about the pharmaceutical industry from a hands-on perspective. You will be working closely with and learning from some of the brightest people in the industry. When you join our internship program you should not be surprised to see that our environment is one that is innovative and team oriented, where collaboration is not just a word, and "we are relentless" is in everything we do. Students can expect to be challenged by their project plan, connect with other interns, and feel valued by the Vertex community. Not only will interns learn about their day-to-day tasks through their specific work assignments, but they will interact and have exposure to our organizational leaders and their teams.
Job Summary:
The Statistical Programming Group is looking for an Intern to to build a reusable R template/platform that facilitates certain routine tasks conducted by the Statistical Programming group. These tasks will include to continue and complete Clinical Study Report outputs using R code. By the end of the internship, the generated R template or R Shiny app will be presented to the Statistical Programming group. The QA Team will compare the outputs produced by the R programming with the corresponding outputs from the study team to see if they are matched or not.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create templates from scratch or by translating an already available R program or another program that works with R.
- Key features of templates will include, but are not limited to, CSR outputs for some domains produced by R, and facilitating a side-by-side comparison between R summaries and corresponding SAS outputs.
- Key features will include, but are not limited to, a dynamic app produced by R/R Shiny from raw data. This App will generate all AE outputs and facilitating a side-by-side comparison between R summaries and corresponding SAS outputs.
- Key features will include, but are not limited to, a dynamic app produced by R/R Shiny, This App all outputs for Pulmonary Exacerbations using R, and facilitating a side-by-side comparison between R summaries and corresponding SAS outputs.
- This template is expected to be reused across multiple projects.
- Present the work and findings to the Statistical Programming group in August.
- Summarize the work and create a user guide for future users.
- Consider presenting this project to a broader audience at departmental seminars, company poster sessions, and/or external conferences, such as JSM.
- This work can be extended.
Qualifications:
We are looking for a student pursuing a Biostats, Computer Science or other degree with strong R programing skills and experience. Ideally the candidate with have some knowledge of clinical trials, especially as it relates to standardized clinical data (using CDISC standards). The ideal candidate would have a previous Summer Internship working for a pharmaceutical, biotech or contract research organization (CRO)
This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner that provides services to Vertex. The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of that third-party agency; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency upon offer.
Company Information
Vertex is a global biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation.
Vertex is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital status, or any characteristic protected under applicable law. Vertex is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. Vertex will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.
Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should make a request to the recruiter or hiring manager, or contact Talent Acquisition at ApplicationAssistance@vrtx.com.
