Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The American Heart Association is a leading voluntary health organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. They are seeking an intern for their Data Science team to gain hands-on experience in data science, data engineering, and statistical modeling within clinical and biomedical research settings.
Responsibilities
- Retrieve, integrate, and analyze large-scale healthcare datasets, including electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical registries, to support clinical and population health research
- Develop and maintain data processing, governance, and quality assurance pipelines to ensure reliable and compliant data workflows
- Design and evaluate AI/ML solutions, including agentic workflows and foundation models, using cloud platforms such as Snowflake and AWS
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate analytical findings into actionable insights and support data-driven decision-making
- Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and the development of abstracts, manuscripts, and other scientific communications
Skills
- Currently pursuing an MS or PhD degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, Statistics, Engineering, Public Health, or a related quantitative field
- Demonstrated ability to research health topics and translate findings into actionable guidance
- Prior research or industry experience in biomedical informatics, clinical research, epidemiology, healthcare analytics, or related domains
- Demonstrated proficiency in Python, R, and SQL, with experience developing reproducible data processing pipelines and analytical workflows for large-scale datasets
- Demonstrated experience developing, deploying, and evaluating ML and AI solutions, including large language models (LLMs), AI agents, and agentic workflows for data engineering, analytics, and scientific research applications
- Proficiency with software engineering best practices, including Git-based version control, code review, testing, documentation, and Agile project management tools
- Experience working with cloud computing and/or high-performance computing environments (e.g., AWS, Snowflake, Azure, GCP)
- Excellent communication, scientific reasoning, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in multidisciplinary research teams
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment managing multiple priorities involving multiple entities
- Intermediate to excellent proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
- Required Equipment: Reliable WiFi Connection
- Minimum availability of 20 hrs/wk, M-F between the hours of 8:30am-5pm
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship, now or in the future
- Experience with healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7), EHR systems (Epic), and/or clinical imaging data (CT scan, MRI, ECG)
- Experience creating interactive data visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Shiny, Streamlit
- Prior authorship or co-authorship of peer-reviewed publications
Benefits
- The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations.
- To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as training and support locally and through our National Center.
- Compensation and Performance – Attracting talented, committed interns means offering competitive compensation, ongoing professional development and training, and an environment in which to work and grow.
- Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program.
- Heart U is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
- Healthcare Benefits – You will have the opportunity to participate in our Teladoc General Medical and Behavioral Health programs.
- We also provide access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) at no cost as a confidential program designed to assist employees and family members with personal issues that affect their relationships at home or at work.
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