Healthcare Data Science R&D Intern (Summer 2027)

Highmark Health; Bastrop (LA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health offers the Summer 2027 Data Science Research & Development Graduate Internship. The program welcomes graduate students to apply advanced data science, ML, AI, and software engineering techniques to solve complex healthcare challenges.

Interns will collaborate with researchers, data scientists, ML engineers, and software developers on projects spanning knowledge graphs, medical imaging, predictive modeling, and AI applications, with exposure to enterprise‑scale healthcare data and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Pursuing a graduate degree (full or part‑time).
• Strong programming in Python and data science libraries.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers and engineers on health data projects.
• Apply ML techniques to clinical and healthcare challenges.
• Develop and evaluate predictive models with explainability and fairness.
• Work on graph, imaging, and NLP components as needed.
• Communicate findings to technical and business audiences.
• Contribute to research design, experiments, and results reporting.
• Adhere to HIPAA and privacy policies in all work.

Skills

Python

NumPy

Pandas

Scikit-learn

PyTorch

TensorFlow

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree

Pursuit of graduate degree (MS/PhD)

Job description

Highmark Health offers the Summer 2027 Data Science Research & Development Graduate Internship. The program welcomes graduate students to apply advanced data science, ML, AI, and software engineering techniques to solve complex healthcare challenges.

Interns will collaborate with researchers, data scientists, ML engineers, and software developers on projects spanning knowledge graphs, medical imaging, predictive modeling, and AI applications, with exposure to enterprise‑scale healthcare data and