Young Adult Lipid Study Master's Intern

2026 Summer Internship:

FLEXIBLE: This internship role is scheduled to be flexible. Please be prepared to spend part of your time working remotely and part of your time working from the following location:  100 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, 91101.

Job Summary:

This position provides analytical support to a project or department. Under the guidance of a Project Manager/ Director, responsible for collecting and researching data, performing analysis, providing recommendations and presenting results.

Department Description:

The Department of Research & Evaluation has an integral role in the success of Kaiser Permanente Southern California by conducting high-quality, innovative translational research that benefits the health of its members and the communities from which they come. Our mission is to initiate and conduct high-quality, public-sector health services, epidemiologic, behavioral, and clinical research that has a demonstrable positive impact on the health and well-being of Kaiser Permanente Southern California members and the general population.

Desired Majors:

Biostatistics or Statistics

Desired Skillsets:

Solid analytical skills, problem solving, project management and critical thinking.
Strong project management skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to utilize at a working level Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
Must be able to work in a Labor/ Management Partnership environment.
Knowledge of basic and advanced survival analysis. 
Experience with longitudinal data analysis. 
Experience with data derived from electronic medical records. 
Experience with Python, R, and Databricks.

Intern Project Description:

This project will draw from an existing analytic dataset created for the YA Lipid study (a retrospective cohort study), which includes baseline and time varying clinical characteristics and cardiovascular outcomes during follow up. Interns will create additional variables using electronic health records, lead the statistical analysis, and write a manuscript. The two proposed aims are: 
(1) to assess the association between Lp(a) and cardiovascular events among patients with and without baseline atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, and 
(2) to evaluate whether this association varies with intensive lipid lowering therapy and across different subgroups.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Responsible for contributing high level analytical support to a project or department requiring application of knowledge in marketing, information management, finance, management, economics or statistics.
• This position contributes to a full range of project components.
• Assigned to at least one project and expected to produce results and report out as a member of a project team.
• Organizes assigned project tasks, identifies and structures information collection activities, and sets timelines for completion of required tasks as directed.
• Develops tools to identify and to document best practices.
• Prepares various excel, word or PowerPoint reports, and works with access database software (or similar tool) to develop data extracts and management information reports.
• May be asked to produce graphic information using excel or PowerPoint or similar software.
• Contributes to development of management information and analysis conducted, provides recommendations and assists with preparation of formal presentations to communicate results to various management levels.  Identifies alternative solutions to project issues.
• Contributes to development project plans to ensure timely deliverables and successful completion of project and demonstrates an understanding of various business intersections.
• Assists with identification and development of training information.
• Kaiser Permanente conducts compensation reviews of positions on a routine basis. At any time, Kaiser Permanente reserves the right to re-evaluate and change job descriptions, or to change such positions from salaried to hourly pay status. Such changes are generally implemented only after notice is given to affected employees.

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• Bachelors degree required.
• Enrolled in or recent graduate of a MBA or other Masters level program with an accredited college or university.

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• Solid analytical skills, problem solving, project management and critical thinking.
• Strong project management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to utilize at a working level Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/ Management Partnership environment.

• Knowledge of SQL or SAS highly desirable.

• "MS/MPH student/grad in Biostatistics. Skilled in survival analysis (basic and advanced). Familiar with health data. Experience with Python, R, and Databricks."