Student Internship in the Biostatistics department

Job description

  Job facts

At Roche, we believe it's urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients' lives. We are brave in both decision and action, we believe that good business means a better world.

You will be part of the Biostatistics team located in Basel, which consists about 40 statisticians. As strategic partners in drug development, we apply our drug development and statistical expertise to the design of clinical development plans, clinical studies, and non-clinical experiments. You will work in the interface between statistics of manufacturing of drugs and the associated clinical development (i.e. investigation to ensure drug is safe and efficacious). The goal is to relate quality attributes from manufacturing of biologics drugs to outcome in clinical studies.

During your internship your tasks will include:

·  Understand and describe the complex supply chain which is essential to investigate a potential manufacturing modification on clinical outcome.
·  Format and curate data from clinical trials.
·  Data integration (clinical trials data <- > manufacturing data)
·  Exploratory analysis and visualization of results
·  Evaluate the robustness of the statistical model to various underlying assumptions
·  Describe limitations and potential of observational data and approach.
·  You are expected to summarize the outcome of your work in a written report and to give a short presentation in one of our departmental meetings.

We are keen to discover talents who are passionate about learning and show great curiosity in discovering new things. At the Roche Headquarter site in Basel/Kaiseraugst, employees from over 90 countries are doing now what our patients need next. We contribute our share towards achieving our mission and to make our vision of personalized healthcare happen. We offer you a multicultural workplace in a modern environment, which at the same time requires you to be open-minded and adaptable. You provide us with examples that prove your ability to cultivate collaborations with different partners. This also means that you continuously contrast your results with others and acknowledge the benefit of teamwork and communications. As an intern you will be a member of the Roche Interns Network that offers you chances to connect, have fun and get to know Basel, in the heart of Europe.

·  Who we are

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 8,500 people from approximately 90 countries work in Basel, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more .

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.

Desired profile

Who you are

You're someone who wants to influence your own development. You're looking for a company where you have the opportunity to pursue your interests across functions and geographies. Where a job title is not considered the final definition of who you are, but the starting point.

You are an enrolled student in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics or a related field with a strong focus on applied science who is looking for a meaningful internship in a professional environment. You are highly self-motivated, passionate about working in a multinational company and you have good programming skills.

Moreover you are/have:

·  keen interest in understanding complexity and explaining it easily
·  Good knowledge of Python, R or at least one programming language
·  Good communication skills in English
·  Some basic idea of drug development would be a plus

The internship can start from May to October 2018. Please clearly indicate your preferred start date in your cover letter.

Application need to include a CV and a motivation letter. Due to regulations non-EU/EFTA citizens have to provide a certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory as part of the application documents.

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