Medical Affairs Intern (Summer 2026)

Help us change lives

At Exact Sciences, we’re helping change how the world prevents, detects and guides treatment for cancer. We give patients and clinicians the clarity needed to make confident decisions when they matter most. Join our team to find a purpose-driven career, an inclusive culture, and robust benefits to support your life while you’re working to help others.

Summary of Major Responsibilities
The Medical Affairs Intern will support cross-functional tasks throughout all five pillars of the Medical Affairs team. This position will assist in supporting our strategic goals by providing programmatic support, data evaluation and analysis and support of screening and advocacy efforts. The position is intended to be a full-time opportunity over the course of the summer for an undergraduate student to obtain professional development and experience by contributing to the company’s effort to provide early detection and prevention of cancer.
 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Include but are not limited to the following:

• Provide support of CRC grant screening initiatives, advocacy efforts and relationship building with external partners.

• Assist with a grant funding process including grant review, contract execution, technical assistance delivery, and program evaluation design and support.

• Develop executive summary materials to share internally and externally with stakeholders about the grant program and grantee highlights.

• Work with our communications team to develop thoughtful and compelling stories to share with an external audience.

• Support the delivery of technical assistance and training related to Evidence Based & Informed Interventions, Quality Improvement and Colorectal cancer screening initiatives.

• Assess approved resources (such as power point presentations) to strengthen our educational content and medical review process.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 40 pounds for approximately less than 1% of a typical working day.

• Ability to work seated for approximately 90-100% of a typical working day. Ability to work standing for approximately 50% of a typical working day.

• Ability to work on a mobile device, tablet, or in front of a computer screen and/or perform typing for approximately 90% of a typical working day.

• Ability to grasp with both hands; pinch with thumb and forefinger; turn with hand/arm; reach above shoulder height.

• Ability to work on a computer and phone simultaneously.

• Ability to use a telephone through a headset.

• Ability to comply with any applicable personal protective equipment requirements.

Travel Requirements

• Ability and means to travel between Madison locations.

• Ability to travel 10% of working time away from work location, may include

• overnight/weekend travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Enrollment towards a graduate program in the Health or Life Sciences area in sophomore through senior standing or recent college graduate.

• Ability to organize, present, and convey problems or issues.

• Experience in using Microsoft Office (Word - generate documents and tables, Excel - create and modify spreadsheets and create complex formulas and PowerPoint); Email – preferably Outlook; and various search engines for conducting Internet and literature searches.

• Experience with peer-reviewed medical literature: reading, synthesis, and summarizing. Familiarity with sites such as PubMed and UptoDate.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

• Effective presentation skills.

• Ability to interface and work effectively within team and department with changing priorities.

• Analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship.

• Demonstrated ability to perform the Es