Healthcare Data Science Intern

IQVIA™ is the leading human data science company focused on helping healthcare clients find unparalleled insights and better solutions for patients. Formed through the merger of IMS Health and Quintiles, IQVIA offers a broad range of solutions that harness the power of healthcare data, domain expertise, transformative technology, and advanced analytics to drive healthcare forward.

A Healthcare Data Science Intern will provide support to the data science team in processing, analyzing, and visualization of data from clinical settings and other external healthcare datasets.

Areas of responsibility may include:

·Assist with data analyses and data processing tasks under the direction of more senior team members

·Conduct exploratory analyses and review of healthcare data databases

·Create custom summaries, reports, and visualizations summarizing data quality and the contents of healthcare datasets

·Write generalized python scripts for reuse in profiling an array of datasets

·Explore and script pilots of opportunities for use of machine learning (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) models using python’s nltk and/or scikit-learn

·Conduct literature reviews and market analyses of external ML products

·Documenting learnings and findings in a clear, clean manner

Skills required:

·Enrolled in a bachelor’s or graduate program – preferably focused in computer science, informatics, statistics, or similar technical field

·Excellent communication skills

·Excellent analytical reasoning skills

·Ability to learn data science concepts and tools

·Motivated self-starter

·Experience writing SQL or python code

·Experience with basic statistics and/or visualizations (bonus for Tableau)

·Familiarity with data processing and machine learning concepts

·Bonus

oExperience with scikit-learn package for python

oFormal training on database management and design

Join Us

Making a positive impact on human health takes insight, curiosity, and intellectual courage. It takes brave minds, pushing the boundaries to transform healthcare. Regardless of your role, you will have the opportunity to play an important part in helping our clients drive healthcare forward and ultimately improve outcomes for patients.

Forge a career with greater purpose, make an impact, and never stop learning.

IQVIA is an EEO Employer - Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Disabled

IQVIA, Inc. provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.  Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to submit an application for employment or otherwise participate in the application process should contact IQVIA’s Talent Acquisition team at workday_recruiting@iqvia.com to arrange for such an accommodation.