Epidemiology & Real-World Analytics Intern

MSD; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, USA, offers a 10–12 week summer internship through the BARDS Epidemiology and RWE Capabilities & Analytics. Interns conduct literature reviews, analyze real-world health data, and help develop visualization tools and manuscripts.

Locations include West Point, PA; Upper Gwynedd, PA; Rahway, NJ; and Boston, MA with hybrid work arrangements. Candidates must be enrolled in a relevant graduate program (PhD or PharmD) and commit to May–June 2027, with strong

Qualifications

• Must be a currently enrolled graduate student pursuing a relevant degree.
• Must have completed at least two graduate semesters by May 30, 2027.
• Strong written and oral communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Summarizing background information via targeted literature review.
• Conducting data analyses on real-world health data to understand data quality or patterns.
• Developing and validating prediction models where applicable.
• Summarizing and interpreting study results.
• Contributing to protocol development and manuscript writing.
• Developing and updating visualization tools (dashboards, geospatial visuals) for real-world data.
• Assisting in materials explaining AI and ML methods.
• Communicating findings to internal or external audiences.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Literature review

SAS

SQL

R

Python

Biostatistics

Education

PhD in epidemiology/biostatistics/public health/data science/biomedical informatics or related field

PharmD with epidemiology training

Two graduate semesters completed by May 30, 2027

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Python

Job description

Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ, USA, offers a 10–12 week summer internship through the BARDS Epidemiology and RWE Capabilities & Analytics. Interns conduct literature reviews, analyze real-world health data, and help develop visualization tools and manuscripts.

Locations include West Point, PA; Upper Gwynedd, PA; Rahway, NJ; and Boston, MA with hybrid work arrangements. Candidates must be enrolled in a relevant graduate program (PhD or PharmD) and commit to May–June 2027, with strong