Merck Research Laboratories National Security Agency
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Rahway, New Jersey Fort Meade, Maryland
Number of Positions: 15 Number of Positions: Multiple
Type of Student: Graduate Type of Student: Undergraduate
Deadline: February 15, 2009 Deadline: Applications are accepted August 1 through October 31
each year
The Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences (BARDS)
Department has internships in biometrics research (preclinical The Mathematics Summer Employment Program runs from the
biostatistics), nonclinical statistics, clinical biostatistics, statistical end of May through the middle of August and is open to students
programming, health economics, and epidemiology for full-time majoring in mathematics. Computer science majors with either a
students pursuing an MS or PhD degree in statistics, biostatistics, minor in math or a strong math curriculum also may apply. These
economics, or epidemiology. In these internships, students will programs afford the opportunity to “earn while you learn” by pro-
work closely with an experienced pharmaceutical industry statisti- viding hands-on experience during a 12-week paid work assignment.
cian or epidemiologist to perform statistical analysis of data from Assignments are based on the student’s experience and academic
and/or conduct statistical/epidemiological research related to basic status. These intense 12-week programs give the brightest math stu-
drug research, clinical pharmacology, drug and vaccine develop- dents in America’s colleges and universities the chance to put their
ment, pharmacogenomics, health economics, or epidemiology. To problemsolving skills to the test while receiving valuable work expe-
be considered, students must have completed at least two semesters rience. Students participating in the programs have the opportunity
of graduate work toward an MS or PhD degree in statistics, biosta- to learn and develop cryptomathematical theory. Applicants must
tistics, economics, or epidemiology by May 30, 2009; be returning be U.S. citizens. Visit
www.NSA.gov/Careers for more information.
to school in fall 2009; have effective oral and written communica-
Contact: National Security Agency, Attn: R1 (DSP/MSEP/GMP),
tion skills; and have a good working knowledge of SAS, S-Plus,
9800 Savage Road, Suite 6515, Ft. George G. Meade, MD 20755-
and/or R. Visit
www.merck.com/careers/university to create a profile
6515; (301) 688-0983; (301) 688-0689 (fax);
math@NSA.gov
and submit your résumé for requisition # STA000481 (statistics/
biostatistics/economics) or # STA000482 (epidemiology). A letter
of reference from a professor is highly recommended; it may be
Novartis Oncology
attached in the same section of the profile as your résumé. If apply-
Florham Park, New Jersey
ing to STA000481, a professor also may email a reference letter
to
stat_intern@merck.com. If applying to STA000482, a professor
Number of Positions: 4
may email a reference letter to
epi_interns@merck.com. If the recom-
Type of Student: At least 18 months of graduate work (also
mendation is sent via email, the subject title of the email must be see below)
the applicant’s name and the phrase “Reference Letter” (i.e., “John
Deadline: February 22, 2009
Doe–Reference Letter”).
The internship program will be approximately 12 weeks in duration
(May-August, but dates are flexible). Interns will work with senior-
National Agricultural Statistics Service
level statisticians and focus on statistical research in both early clini-
Fairfax, Virginia
cal development using biomarkers and full clinical development in
Number of Positions: 3 oncology. Topics include survival analysis, Bayesian methods, analy-
Type of Student: Graduate student (PhD student preferred)
sis of missing values, modeling, and simulation. Candidates must be
Deadline: May 1, 2009
graduate students within an MS or PhD program in biostatistics,
statistics, or a related degree with at least 1.5 years of graduate work;
NASS is the principal data collection and estimation arm of the
have a working knowledge of SAS, including SAS/GRAPH and
U.S. Department of Agriculture. The agency designs and conducts
S-Plus; and have good verbal and written communication skills.
a variety of surveys focusing on agricultural output and farm condi- Contact: Linda Finelli and Bryna Caughey, 1 Health Plaza, E.
tions, from which it produces a wide range of official estimates. It Hanover, NJ 07936; (862) 778-7404 (Linda), (862) 778-1254
also makes numerous crop production forecasts. Intern positions (Bryna); (973) 781-2703 (fax);
Linda.finelli@novartis.com, Bryna.
are in the Research and Development Division, which is constantly
caughey@novartis.com
trying to improve and enhance the agency’s abilities to estimate and
forecast accurately using the latest developments in mathematical
statistics, cognitive science, and remote sensing. Applicants must be
U.S. citizens. Preference will be given to candidates having an inter-
est in a future career with the agency.
Contact: Dale Atkinson, National Agricultural Statistics Service,
3251 Old Lee Highway–Room 305, Fairfax, VA 22030-1504;
(703) 877-8054; (703) 877-8042 (fax);
dale_atkinson@nass.usda.gov
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