Summer Intern – Pharmacogenomics Data Science & Genomic Prediction (VMRD)

PHARMACOGENOMICS DATA SCIENCE & GENOMIC PREDICTION INTERN Location: Kalamazoo MI

Internship Summary: Zoetis Precision Animal Health - Veterinary Medicine Research & Development (PAH VMRD) is seeking a summer intern to support a pharmacogenomic project a novel platform exploring how genetic variation influences treatment response in livestock. The intern will work directly with the project team lead to mine and integrate dairy cattle health and treatment datasets define treatment response phenotypes for mastitis and develop proof-of-concept genomic prediction models contributing to a first-of-its-kind pharmacogenomic decision support system for animal health.

Internship Job Duties:

Extract clean and integrate clinical treatment records and health event data from dairy herd management systems (e.g. Dairy Comp 305) and link with existing genotype data to build analysis-ready datasets.

Define and construct treatment response phenotypes for mastitis/ bovine respiratory disease including clinical cure bacteriological cure relapse recurrence.

Evaluate existing SNP panel and sequence data to identify DNA markers and candidate genomic regions with potential predictive value for mastitis/bovine respiratory disease treatment outcomes.

Develop and test proof-of-concept genomic prediction models (e.g. GBLUP BayesR or machine learning approaches) for treatment response traits including preliminary accuracy and heritability estimates.

Internship Qualifications:

Currently enrolled in a Masters or PhD program in Animal Science Quantitative Genetics Animal Breeding & Genomics Bioinformatics or a closely related field.

Experience with genomic data analysis including GWAS genomic prediction and/or variance component estimation using mixed models.

Proficiency in at least one programming or statistical environment (R Python SAS or equivalent) for large-scale data manipulation and analysis.

Familiarity with livestock health data dairy herd management systems or genomic selection concepts is strongly preferred.

Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to work independently and present results to a cross-functional team.

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position:

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $16.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $22.00 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $32.50 per hour

If the selected candidate is a student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $36.00 per hour

The following hourly pay rates reflect the anticipated base pay for this position if a selected candidate were to be located in California Connecticut District of Columbia Illinois (Chicago area) Massachusetts New Jersey New York Washington (Seattle area):

Student pursuing an Associate-level degree: $17.00 per hour

Student pursuing an Undergraduate-level degree: $24.20 per hour

Student pursing a Graduate-level degree: $36.40 per hour

Student pursuing a Doctorate-level degree: $40.30 per hour

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