01/19/2012
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals

Company Information: This summer intern position is located in our Upper Providence R&D facility in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Please visit www.gsk.com and www.gskbigquestions.com for more details.

Position Title: Summer Intern in Bayesian Computation

Duties & Responsibilities: The summer intern will work with PhD statisticians to develop R functions to implement cutting edge Monte Carlo Bayesian algorithms for various predictive models such as: 1. The seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) model 2. The SUR model with mixed effects 3. State space models 4. Nonlinear mixed-effects models

Position Qualifications: * Doctoral student in Statistics or Biostatistics and have completed at least two years of graduate study in Statistics or Biostatistics. * Student must be enrolled in a US University and be authorized to work in the US at the time of, and for the duration of, their summer intern employment. * Strong working knowledge of the R programming language. Preferred Qualifications * Knowledge of Bayesian statistics * Knowledge of Bayesian and Monte Carlo computing algorithms. * Knowledge of the R/Excel interface (optional but desirable) * Knowledge of the SAS/IML language (optional but desirable)

Salary Range: To be determined.

Benefits: Salary. 35 hour work-week for 12 weeks.

Web Site: www.gsk.com

Application Address: Please apply on-line at: www.gskbigquestions.com

Contact Email: john.peterson@gsk.com

Application Deadline: 02/24/2012