Immunology Clinical Scientist Intern
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Immunology Internship Program Overview:
The Johnson & Johnson Immunology Internship Program offers a dynamic and immersive learning experience within one of the world's premier healthcare companies. This full-time internship provides hands-on exposure to various functions within Immunology Therapeutic Area Research and Development, fostering both professional growth and practical skills. This full-time internship offers a unique opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge immunology research while gaining valuable industry insights.
Designed to cultivate the next generation of talent, this program aims to identify and develop future leaders. The internship spans approximately three months, running from May 18 to August 14, 2026.
Job Description
As a summer intern in the Clinical Scientist role, you will be a member of a clinical team dedicated to the research and development (R&D) of Immunology Therapeutic Area. Selected candidates will be assigned a mentor and will have the opportunity to contribute to clinical trials in our teams. This role involves extensive global team matrix interactions with colleagues from several different disciplines and may provide exposure to the execution of clinical strategies and the clinical and operational implementation of complex compound programs in Phase I to III clinical immunology studies.
The Clinical Scientist intern may contribute to Cross-Functional Trial Team activities, including but not limited to developing the clinical trial protocol, clinical trial materials, literature searches and review, medical review of trial data, coordinating completion of clinical study reports and providing support (as needed) for preparation of relevant documents for regulatory filings. The intern may also collaborate with the Study Responsible Scientist (SRS), the Study Responsible Physician (SRP), and other project team members in various functional disciplines in monitoring and/or supporting various aspects of clinical trial conduct. Each intern will have one primary research project and may have additional assigned projects as determined by the mentor and team. Interns will be expected to present their work to their project teams and are required to present their primary research project as a poster/abstract at the research symposium at the end of the internship.
The goal of this internship program is to provide undergraduate and graduate students with experience in working in a large pharmaceutical R&D setting and to gain basic understanding of the science and process of novel drug development. Students will have the opportunity to learn aspects of immunological disease states, diagnosis, treatments, and the mechanism of action behind the emerging drugs being developed in our clinical trials. Students will also receive detailed training on Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) as part of the Clinical Scientist Intern curriculum, trial specific training, and the clinical database software and medical data review tool.
You will be responsible for:
- Gaining overall understanding of clinical research and drug development including but not limited to Good Clinical Practices (GCPs), International Conference of Harmony (ICH) guidelines, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Assisting with management of trial activities including patient tracking through screening process, and eligibility/enrollment reviews
- Assisting with document processing and management within the electronic master file (i.e., vTMF)
- Participating in department and team meetings
- Participating in cross-functional team and clinical team meetings
- Developing study training materials/documents
- Shadowing key clinical and or functional roles for learning/development opportunities
- Observing Site Initiation Visits (SIVs)
- Supporting Clinical Team with study start up activities during trial set up, and other study tasks during conduct, and close out
- Assisting with review and cleaning of clinical data (i.e., medical review), query generation and resolution
- Assisting with interpretation, reporting, and preparation of oral and written results of product research, in concert with senior clinical personnel, in preparation for health authority submissions
- Reviewing medical literature, related products, and new technologies
- Providing necessary training to the local operational teams
- Collaboration and/or assigned projects from other various functional disciplines
- Leadership opportunities on specific program and/or group projects
- Abstract/poster preparation and presentation at organization-wide research symposium
- Other projects as assigned
This is not an exhaustive, comprehensive listing of job functions. May perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Permanently authorized to work in the U.S., must not require sponsorship of an employment visa (e.g., H-1B or green card) at the time of application or in the future. Students currently on CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT usually require future sponsorship for long term employment and do not meet the requirements for this program unless eligible for an alternative long-term status that does not require company sponsorship.
- Must be currently enrolled in an accredited University or College program throughout the duration of the internship.
- Must not be graduating before, during, or after the start or end of the internship program
- Undergraduate students with a minimum of four semesters at program start or graduate students are eligible
- Graduate students must be pursuing a master’s, PharmD, Physician Assistant or PhD or other clinical related degrees
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 which is reflective of all college coursework
- Students in good standing, working towards the completion of an undergraduate or graduate degrees
- Currently enrolled in biology, cell/molecular biology, chemistry, pre-med, nursing program, public health, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, clinical pharmacology, clinical or translational research, computational biology, precision medicine, or similar areas of study
- Availability to work full time (40 h/w) for the entire co-op or internship. We work on a “hybrid model” if you are NOT lab based. This means that you will be asked to report on site three times a week and can work remotely twice a week.
- Proven leadership/participation with campus programs and/or service programs is desired
- Detailed oriented with good organizational skills
- Possess strong leadership skills to participate and contribute to internship program initiatives and events
- Great interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills
- Ability to lead peers, project teams and present to project and senior leadership teams
- Enthusiastic, collaborative, able to build relationships and work within global matrixed and cross-functional teams
- Ability to work on and balance multiple project deliverables
- Working knowledge and/or experience using Microsoft suite of business applications/tools including but not limited to Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Sharepoint, Teams, and Word, etc.
- Fluent in written and spoken English
