Healthcare Data Science R&D Intern (Graduate)

Highmark Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is offering a Summer 2027 Data Science Research & Development Graduate Internship in Boston. The program invites graduate students to apply advanced data science, ML, AI, and software engineering techniques to solve healthcare challenges using clinical and insurance data.

Interns will explore four tracks—Knowledge Graphs, Medical Imaging, Predictive Modeling, and AI Applications—under mentorship, contributing to high‑impact research, model evaluation, and dissemination of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree completed; pursuing a graduate degree full or part‑time in a related field.
• Strong Python programming ability and experience with common data science libraries.
• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team on healthcare data science projects.
• Develop and evaluate ML models, experiments, and feature engineering.
• Communicate findings to technical and business audiences, documenting results clearly.
• Assist in building analytical solutions leveraging clinical, medical, and insurance data.

Skills

Python

Pandas

NumPy

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Graduate degree in progress

Tools

Jupyter

Git

Job description

Highmark Health is offering a Summer 2027 Data Science Research & Development Graduate Internship in Boston. The program invites graduate students to apply advanced data science, ML, AI, and software engineering techniques to solve healthcare challenges using clinical and insurance data.

Interns will explore four tracks—Knowledge Graphs, Medical Imaging, Predictive Modeling, and AI Applications—under mentorship, contributing to high‑impact research, model evaluation, and dissemination of