Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

2024 Establishing Pharmacogenetics Database for Application in Phase I Clinical Trials Intern Overview

Envision spending your summer working with energetic colleagues and inspirational leaders, all while gaining world-class experience in one of the most dynamic organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. This is a reality for AbbVie Interns.

This internship opportunity is in the Molecular Medicine group within the Genomic Research Center (GRC) which plays a key role in understanding the effects of pharmacogenetics on drug exposure and safety. The intern will characterize the distribution of pharmacogenetic variants in a healthy population and compare the distribution of variants data across two genotyping platforms to build a prospective database for use in future clinical trials.

Key responsibilities include:

• Identifying best practices to analyze genetic data through literature and bioinformatic analysis using microarray and long-read sequencing platforms.
• Deploying pipelines for the analysis of previously generated genetic data.
• Comparing the two platforms to generate the prospective pharmacogenetic database.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in university, pursuing a PhD in Molecular Biology, Genomics, or related field.
• Must be enrolled in university during the internship period and one semester after.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expected graduation date between December 2024 – July 2025.
• Demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills, including analysis.
• Self-motivated; ability to execute with limited supervision and direction. Can work independently or part of a team.
• Familiar with pharmacogenetic analysis pipelines, including microarray and sequencing analysis.
• Proficient in required software including Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.

Benefits and Amenities

• Competitive pay.
• Relocation support for eligible students.
• Opportunity to connect with Abbvie leaders and scientists.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.