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The Position

Responsibilities

You will work on the development of a regression-based model for chronic Heart Failure (HF) management. Specifically, you will work on predicting individual HF risk at specific times of interest, leveraging the association with the event of interest, prognostic factors, and longitudinal endogenous covariates.

During the internship, your tasks will include:

• Develop a thorough understanding of the research question
• Prepare summary statistics
• Develop a statistical prediction model & internal validation
• Compare performance with state-of-the-art AI/ML solutions
• Present your research progress and results via presentation and/or poster sessions, both internally and at international conferences

Who You Are

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program, or MSc graduate in Statistics
• Background in statistics/biostatistics/applied statistics
• Experience with mixed-effect regression models
• Experience with Bayesian inference is desirable
• Familiarity with AI/ML models desirable
• Proficient with R or Python
• Good communication skills
• You are fluent in spoken and written English
  

Eligibility

• You are currently enrolled in a Master's degree program at a university or graduated within the last 12 months before the start date OR you are currently enrolled in a PhD program.
• For non-EU/EFTA citizens: due to regulations, enrollment at the university for the entire internship is required and a letter from the university stating that the internship is mandatory for your studies. The letter should also specify the required length of the internship.Please upload this mandatory letter and your enrollment certificate along with your CV and motivation letter.

Application

Your complete application includes the following documents:

• A current CV and one-page Motivation Letter
• A certificate of enrollment (if you are currently studying)
  

Preferred start date: 1 December 2024

Duration: 3 months

We look forward to receiving your application!

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more .

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.