Summer 2025 - Clinical Pharmacology Internship - Bristol Myers Squibb
Princeton, NJ
About the Job
Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.
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Position Summary
Intern will work in BMS Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacometrics, and Bioanalysis (CPPB) Department. The project may include reviewing biology, clinical pharmacology, and clinical trials literature, summarizing clinical pharmacology and clinical efficacy and safety public domain or internal information, conducting exploratory clinical data analyses, across various therapeutics areas including oncology, immunology, hematology or cardiovascular disease. Projects under consideration may include components pertinent to Phase I clinical pharmacology study designs in healthy subjects or patients (ie, DDI, Food-effect, and relative BA/BE), selection and/or optimization of dosing schedule, PK characterization in specifical population (pediatric, hepatic/renal impairment), support to emerging global regulatory interactions if applicable, and exploratory statistical/PK/biomarker related analyses, across various indications. The internship will also provide an opportunity to gain an understanding of the drug development process through interactions with project teams and opportunity to network with individuals from multiple disciplines in BMS.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct literature review and collaborate with the Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics Team and Project Team in contributing to clinical pharmacology plan and addressing scientific and technical questions in drug development;
- Execute part of the clinical pharmacology project plan under the guidance of an experienced clinical pharmacologists; Coordinate with data scientists and biostatistics teams in developing the appropriate analysis datasets, and conduct exploratory analyses as applicable;
- Present results of clinical pharmacology summary, exploratory analyses, and contribute to the data interpretation;
- Collaborate with team members outside CPP function when applicable;
Qualifications & Experience
- Candidate should be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program (Ph.D., M.S., PharmD) in Pharmaceutical Sciences/Pharmacy, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, or Statistics.
- Candidate would have trainings in generating scientific hypothesis and methods of validating (or rejecting) it, based on data, or be willing to develop such skills;
- Knowledge in quantitative methods preferred or be willing to develop this skill set during internship. Hands-on experience or formal classes/workshops with one of the modeling tools such as R, SAS, NONMEM, Monolix, Phoenix. NLME, or MATLAB is preferred.
- Competitive candidates should have excellent oral and written communications skills and strong problem-solving skills
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as “Transforming patients’ lives through science™ ”, every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in an inclusive culture, promoting diversity in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture. For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.
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