2023 Experiential Internship - Computational Toxicology (Illinois)
Company: AbbVie
Location: Covington
Posted on: January 13, 2023
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Job Description:
ABOUT ABBVIE
AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines
that solve serious health issues today and address the medical
challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on
people's lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology,
oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women's health, and
gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its
Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
For more information about AbbVie, please visit us
at---www.abbvie.com.
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COMPUTATIONAL TOXICOLOGY INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW
Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and
inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in
one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical
industry. This is a reality for AbbVie's Experiential Interns.
The Computational Toxicology group functions to develop, refine,
and bring awareness to in-silico methods that may help predict and
understand safety for small and large molecules. The Computational
Toxicology Intern will gain exposure to a wide range of
safety-related datasets ranging from biology, pharmacology,
toxicology, and chemistry to help with predictive modeling and data
analysis. Using these datasets, the team hopes to apply data
science and machine-learning methodology to better visualize the
data and help identify novel and mechanistic associations.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
Collaborate with experts to independently curate, harmonize, and
interpret internal safety findings across historical data to assist
in data convergence
Implement strategies to better structure and utilize safety data in
a meaningful manner to address scientific inquiry of drug safety
challenges
Integrate state-of-the-art bioinformatics and AI/ML pipelines into
current computational toxicology workflows
Collaborate with research and bioinformatics scientists to conceive
informatics analysis strategy, leveraging advanced machine
learning/AI algorithms, to support discovery and pre-clinical
safety studies. Specific applications may include transcriptomics,
bioactivity, in vitro/vivo safety data and molecular data
integration, etc.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in Bioinformatics,
Data Science, Pathology, Toxicology, Statistics, or other related
field
Must be enrolled in university during the internship
Must have experience with data science
Proficient in a variety of coding languages, including Python and
R
Strong problem-solving skills including critical and analytical
thinking
Must be able to clearly communicate ideas and findings to both
technical and non-technical audiences
Must have basic familiarity with biology and/or toxicology
BENEFITS AND AMENITIES
Competitive pay
Travel, transportation and lodging support for eligible
students
Potential for publication co-authorship
Opportunity to connect with AbbVie leaders and scientists
Exposure to cutting edge technologies and concepts presented by
AbbVie scientists
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse
backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients.
As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the
basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex
(including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical
condition, genetic information gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or
any other legally protected characteristic.
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