Clinical Genetics Co-op

11 hours ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Biogen Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly motivated co-op student to join our Clinical Genetics team at Biogen. The successful candidate will work with clinical trial data, as well as public and proprietary large-scale biobank data, to gain insight into genetic factors relevant to risk, progression, and response to treatment in Parkinson's disease (PD), amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and/or other complex diseases.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and execute analytical strategies to address critical questions in Biogen's therapeutic areas of interest.
  • Apply statistical and data visualization approaches to glean insights from complex genomic and phenotypic data.
  • Gain experience in the application of analytical methods such as genome-wide association studies (GWAS), phenome-wide association studies (pheWAS), and rare variant analysis to clinical trial data.
  • Identify and explore other internal, as well as external data sources, to replicate, inform, and/or enrich findings generated from clinical trial data analysis.
  • Communicate results to colleagues, including scientists with diverse training and backgrounds.
Requirements
  • Experience with standard data science tools and frameworks.
  • Understanding of statistics and statistical genetics.
  • Background in human genetics and neurodegenerative diseases.
  • In-depth knowledge of analysis of WES, WGS, and array data.
  • Effective teamwork and communication skills.
Education
  • Ph.D. (or equivalent) or M.S. in progress in statistical genetics, genetic epidemiology, genomics, human genetics, statistics, computer science, bioinformatics, or other related field.
Location
  • This role can be hybrid in Cambridge, MA or remote.


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