Summer 2026 - Computational Biology Internship

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Position Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Masters or PhD student to join our group for a 10-week long summer internship program. A successful candidate with work with their mentor to apply computational methods to enable precision medicine. The project will center on discovering actionable patterns from multi-omics and perturbational data to inform next-generation therapeutic strategies. Depending on interest and program needs, the work may emphasize the identification of co-response patterns that support drug synergy/combination therapies, or the mapping of multi-target opportunities within emerging therapeutic modalities. Throughout this process, the candidate will not only have the opportunity of working with large-scale multi-omics datasets, they will also be able to learn about key decisions driving precision drug discovery as well as gain first-hand experience balancing independent and collaborative research in an industry R&D setting.
 

The full-time internship will take place June - August 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze internal and public multi-omics/perturbation datasets to uncover biomarker and pathway signatures relevant to mechanism and response.
• Build reproducible R/Python pipelines; implement and benchmark published methods where appropriate.
• Integrate orthogonal evidence (e.g., network/pathway context, sequence/structure features, prior knowledge graphs) to increase confidence in findings.
• Develop simple prioritization/scorecards to nominate hypotheses (e.g., candidate combinations or multi-target strategies).
• Communicate results via clear figures, notebooks, and brief readouts to cross-functional partners.

Qualifications & Experience

• Master's or PhD level student with experience in programming with Python or R as well as common statistical modelling / machine learning frameworks in the corresponding language
• Familiarity with networks analysis / systems biology methods as applied to multi-omics data (e.g., transcriptomics / proteomics)
• Currently enrolled in a MS/PhD program in computer science, bioinformatics, statistics, physics, or a similar field
• Must be able to work full-time for the program duration
• Excellent verbal and communication skills
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the US both at the time of hire and for the duration of their employment. Please note that immigration or visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

This is a temporary, time-bound position intended for the duration of the internship or co-op program. Employment in this role does not imply or guarantee ongoing or permanent employment with BMS.

The starting hourly compensation for this assignment is within the range of $35.00 to $43.00/hr. Please note that the final individual compensation and any applicable benefits will be determined by your employer of record (and not BMS). Factors influencing this decision may include the characteristics of the assignment, such as demonstrated experience, required skill, and the geographic location of the job. Compensation details are subject to change.

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Compensation Overview:

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such a