About the role#
This internship offers hands-on experience in pharmacovigilance and patient safety within a biopharmaceutical environment. You will work alongside safety physicians, scientists, and professionals to support the development and lifecycle management of CAR-T therapies. You will contribute to projects involving safety surveillance, signal detection, aggregate safety assessment, and risk management.
What you'll do#
- Support literature surveillance and targeted safety information reviews.
- Assist with aggregate safety data analyses and the preparation of safety summaries, tables, and presentations.
- Participate in signal detection and evaluation activities.
- Review and organize safety information from clinical trials and post-marketing sources.
- Support the maintenance of pharmacovigilance deliverables, including DSURs, safety review materials, and risk management documentation.
- Conduct research on emerging safety topics, mechanisms of toxicity, and medical literature.
- Assist with benefit-risk assessment projects and prepare materials for safety governance forums.
- Support the development of safety surveillance strategies for novel therapies.
- Participate in cross-functional meetings to understand how patient safety integrates into drug development.
- Develop presentations and written summaries to communicate safety findings.
- Complete a defined summer AI project and present your findings.
What you'll need#
- Must be at least 18 years old at the start of the internship.
- Currently enrolled full-time in a Bachelor’s, Master’s, MBA, JD, or PhD program at a nationally accredited U.S. college or university.
- Must maintain full-time enrollment in the Fall semester following the internship.
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8.
- Ability to work full-time for 10-12 consecutive weeks between May and August.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage competing priorities.
- Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and diversity.
- Must be independently authorized to work in the United States now and in the future without sponsorship.
Location & details#
- Location: Parsippany, New Jersey.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Modality: Hybrid (in-person attendance at the designated site is required).
- Status: Paid, full-time internship.
About Gilead Sciences
Gilead Sciences is a biotechnology research company based in Foster City, California. It focuses on the development of medicines in the fields of virology and oncology. The company operates as a public entity with more than 10,000 employees. Its work includes efforts to address health inequities and remove barriers to medical care.
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