Statistician Internship

Role Summary

• Responsibilities: In this role, you will gain hands-on experience in critically appraising and interpreting complex statistical analyses, planning and performing analyses of clinical trial data and synthesising evidence alongside our experienced team who will provide one-to-one training and mentoring throughout the internship
• Salary: A monthly stipend of £2,150
• Benefits: Hybrid working options, statutory holiday allowance, flexible working hours, employer pension contributions, as well as funded social activities
• Role Type: Full-time, temporary internship
• Start Date: We have start dates available from Summer 2025 onwards, including July, August, September and October. The internship will last for 3 or 6 months
• Location: This role is available in our London, Manchester and Bristol offices

About the Role

Our Statistics team provide statistical and analytical expertise across Costello Medical, devising statistical analysis plans and performing data analysis within R, Excel, STAN and BUGS software. They are also responsible for communicating the methodologies and results in both written and oral formats to drug and device manufacturers, doctors and reimbursement agencies such as NICE in the UK. The statistical analyses varies across patient-level clinical trial data, observational study (real-world) data and published aggregate data. Our work involves a range of techniques such as basic statistical analysis of individual patient data, regression analysis, survival analysis and Bayesian network meta-analysis using both standard and emerging methods.

This position is ideal for recent graduates and post-graduates, as well as current students, who are looking to gain experience in the field of statistics within a commercial environment. You will be presented with the opportunity to apply techniques learned during your academic training to real-world problems in healthcare and medical science. You will work on projects involving data analysis and the communication of both methodologies and results in a variety of publications, value materials, health economic models or health technology assessment submissions.

You will typically be working on several projects across a variety of therapeutic areas at any one time, which could include critically appraising and interpreting complex statistical analyses, planning and performing analyses of clinical trial data or synthesising evidence using Bayesian and frequentist (network) meta-analysis techniques. The results of each analysis can feed into publications, value materials, health economic models or health technology assessment submissions. You will therefore be exposed to a wide variety of our services and a broad range of therapeutic areas.

Interns receive extensive one-to-one training on the technical aspects of projects, as well as learning about project management and effective communication with clients.

Career Prospects After the Internship

During the internship programme, individuals performing well may be given the opportunity to extend their internship to six months (note that this is dependent on business need). When this happens, it allows our interns to further develop their skills and potentially gain experience of other areas of the company (again, dependent on business need as well as the individual’s interests).

Additionally, there is the opportunity for strong candidates to apply for the Statistician role and join our expanding team on a permanent basis. On average, 50% of our Statistician Interns move into a permanent role with Costello Medical.

To learn more about a typical day for a Statistician at Costello Medical, please click here: https://www.costellomedical.com/day-in-the-life/statistician.html 

Starting Your Career as a Statistician

Andrei, a Senior Statistician at Costello Medical, has written an article for the University of Cambridge where he shares his experiences of studying Mathematics at university and seeking a role where he could use his mathematical skills for good, which led him to Costello Medical: https://unicamcareers.edublogs.org/2023/01/27/careers-in-data-quantitative-degrees-can-lead-to-meaningful-careers-in-healthcare/

About Costello Medical

Costello Medical is a rapidly growing global healthcare agency specialising in medical communications, market access and health economic and outcomes research. We work with a wide range of clients, including the industry’s most successful pharmaceutical and medical technology companies, patient and public health bodies and charitable organisations. We have been listed in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list since 2017 and were proud to receive B Corporation accreditation in 2022. Learn more about us, our work, and our mission on our website: https://www.costellomedical.com/

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