Pfizer Global Research and Development sanofi-aventis
Midwest (Kalamazoo and St. Louis); La Jolla, California; and Malvern, Pennsylvania
Groton/New London, Connecticut
Number of Positions: 5
Number of Positions: 1–2 in Midwest, Multiple in La Jolla and
Type of Student: PhD
Groton/New London
Deadline: January 31, 2009
Type of Student: Students enrolled in a graduate-level curriculum
leading to an MS or PhD in statistics, biostatistics, or a closely
The Biostatistics and Programming Department has several 2008
related field
internship positions for students enrolled in a PhD statistics/
Deadline: January 31, 2009 biostatistics program. These positions are located in Malvern,
Pennsylvania, and Bridgewater, New Jersey, and have flexible start
The program will consist of up to 480 hours of work at the Pfizer dates and durations. Interns will work under the direction of expe-
Global Research and Development facilities in Kalamazoo, St. rienced statisticians in study design and data analysis in nonclinical
Louis, La Jolla, or Groton/New London, commencing as early and clinical areas and in the conduct of statistical methods research
as April and ending as late as December. The intern’s project will for drug development. Requirements include effective communica-
be biopharmaceutically oriented, with one-on-one supervision by tion skills, a good working knowledge of SAS, and completion of at
a senior staff statistician. The project will be a hands-on learning least two years of graduate coursework.
experience involving both statistical and related data review and
Contact: Fred Snikeris, sanofi-aventis, 9 Great Valley Parkway,
data transformation programming tasks. Programming tasks will
Malvern, PA 19355; (610) 889-8815; (610) 889-6932 (fax);
involve the use of SAS, R, and/or other statistical software on the
GV-biostat-interns@sanofi-aventis.com
UNIX or NT platforms. The intern will prepare a written report
and give a brief presentation summarizing the work and forming a
permanent record of the intern’s efforts.
SAS Institute
Contact: Liqiang Yang, Pfizer Global Research and Development,
Cary, North Carolina
La Jolla Laboratories, 10777 Science Center Drive, CB10-2332, San
Number of Positions: 1
Diego, CA 92121; (858) 678-8276 (fax);
liqiang.yang@pfizer.com
Type of Student: PhD students studying in the United States who
will have completed at least two years of graduate work by the end
of spring semester 2009
Rice University Summer Institute of Statistics
Deadline: February 1, 2009
Houston, Texas
Open to doctoral candidates in statistics, biostatistics, and relat-
Number of Positions: 17
ed graduate departments in the United States, the SAS Summer
Type of Student: Undergraduate
Fellowship offers the opportunity to work closely with professional
Deadline: February 28, 2009 statisticians who develop software used throughout the world. The
statistical fellow will contribute to research, numerical validation
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NTERNSHIPS
Students with a mathematics, statistics, physics, or engineering and testing, and documentation. The program provides the graduate
background who have taken the calculus sequence and a course student with an excellent opportunity to explore software develop-
in linear or matrix algebra are encouraged to apply. The program ment as a career choice. Eligible candidates must have demonstrated
starts with an intensive course in probability and statistics for four experience in statistical computing beyond the routine classroom
2009
weeks. Students learn to use R, Mathlab, Mathematica, and LaTeX. use of statistical packages. We are particularly interested in candi-
In addition, topics on survival analysis, statistical genetics, stochastic dates with a combination of computational and research experience
processes, and extreme value theory are introduced as a basis for in one of the following areas: Bayesian computing, nonparametric
research projects students engage in during the last six weeks of the regression, survey research methods, survival analysis, variable selec-
program. Students are encouraged to present their work at national tion, cluster analysis, and reliability analysis. The program provides
meetings. The program pays $3,750 for 10 weeks and up to $500 a salary and stipend for a 12-week internship at SAS headquarters
for travel expenses to and from the students’ home institutions. In in Cary, North Carolina, during the summer of 2009. For details,
addition, the program subsidizes a good portion of the summer rent. visit
www.sas.com/govedu/edu/programs/statfellow.html.
During the summer of 2009, students will spend at least a week in
Contact: Maura Stokes, SAS Institute, SAS Campus Drive, Cary,
Mexico at the Center for Mathematical Research in Guanajuato.
NC 27513;
statfellow@sas.com
Students will need to have the necessary paperwork to travel to and
back. Expenses will be covered. Visit www.stat.rice.edu/~jrojo and
www.stat.rice.edu/~jrojo/RUSIS.
Contact: Javier Rojo, Statistics Department, MS-138,
Rice University, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005;
(713) 348-2797; (713) 348-5476 (fax);
jrojo@rice.edu
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