Epidemiology Summer Intern

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

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Career Programs

Job Sub Function:

Non-LDP Intern/Co-Op

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Career Program

All Job Posting Locations:

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America, Titusville, New Jersey, United States of America

Job Description:

About Innovative Medicine

Our expertise in Innovative Medicine is informed and inspired by patients, whose insights fuel our science-based advancements. Visionaries like you work on teams that save lives by developing the medicines of tomorrow.

Join us in developing treatments, finding cures, and pioneering the path from lab to life while championing patients every step of the way. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/innovative-medicine

We are searching for the best talent for Epidemiology Summer Intern to be in Horsham, PA / Raritan, NJ or Titusville, NJ.

• The Intern term is from May to August, 2026.
• Full time requirement (40 hours per week).

Purpose:

This position is on the Real World Assessment and Research on Drugs (REWARD) team, whose mission is to leverage real-world data to identify and characterize potential unknown benefits of existing drugs, which is used to inform new drug discovery and identify drug repurposing opportunities. The REWARD team is composed of epidemiologists and computer scientists who collaborate regularly with the Research and Development and Established Products organizations, providing an opportunity to interact with experts in drug development across the product lifecycle.

You will be responsible:

• Contribute to the development and validation of clinical cohort definitions (also known as “computable phenotypes”) for key health outcomes and conditions of interest using real-world data.
• Perform literature reviews to identify real-world data (RWD)-based definitions of diseases and outcomes.
• Use artificial intelligence tools to aid in the creation of clinical descriptions and the summarization of literature reviews.

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Completion of Undergraduate Freshman year at an accredited University is required.
• Currently pursuing a Master's or PHD degree in Epidemiology, Informatics, Biostatistics, Medicine, or related fields.
• Have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher, which is reflective of all college coursework.
• Strong research skills, particularly in the review of scientific literature.
• Experience with relational databases and programming in SQL is preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminologies (ICD, NDC, SNOMED, MedDRA, LOINC, CPT) or bioinformatics ontologies is preferred.

Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually requires future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.

Ineligibility for severance.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers or contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

Remote work options may be considered on a case-by-case basis and if approved by the Company.

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