Statistical Programming Review
by AstraZeneca
Rating
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Skills
4.8
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Responsibilities
5.0
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Support & Guidance
5.0
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Culture
5.0
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Your Impressions
5.0
- 1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- 2. Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
- How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
- How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
- Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
- 3. Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
- Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
- 4. How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
- How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
- 5. What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
- How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
- How would you rate the social opportunities?
- How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
- How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
- 6. To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
- Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
- Please rate how your experience met your expectations
- Please rate the future employment prospects at AstraZeneca
- 7. Would you recommend AstraZeneca to a friend?
- 8. What advice would you give to others applying to AstraZeneca
Overview
I have produced statistical analysis for many different clinical trials across AstraZeneca's early oncology portfolio, responding to internal information requests and to regulatory submissions. I have worked with statisticians producing internal standards regarding the derivation of a key safety metric and presented on my work to the senior leadership team.
Skills
We underwent extensive training where we learned in detail how clinical trials are designed and operate, and about CDISC standards. I am certified in base programming in the SAS language. We had the opportunity to engage in many internal initiatives outside of what is expected of our roles.
Responsibilities
The training for this placement is much more intensive than for others, and so there is a significant length of time before you are able to onboard to active study work. I was ultimately responsible for the production of outputs that fed into real clinical submissions, as much as any other full time programmer. I always felt comfortable asking my co-workers for advice.
Support & Guidance
The people I worked alongside are incredible, I feel they had a genuine interest in my professional and personal growth. My colleagues were more than happy to set time aside to talk through their work with me or help me with any queries I had.
Culture
AstraZeneca has a number of groups dedicated to supporting people early in their careers such as AZInspire and the BIG group (specific to BioMetrics), these provide many opportunities for networking with peers. The internal site "Workplace" is similar to facebook and provides updates on company wide announcements but also has dedicated groups for whatever interests you may have, be it dog owners or running groups etc...
Your Impressions
My placement year has been invaluable to my career goals and both personal and professional development, I feel like I have meaningfully contributed to real clinical trials. I thoroughly recommend pursuing this placement with AstraZeneca.
Yes
I believe that to be a good candidate for this role you must not only be a good programmer/computer scientist but also interested in the motivation/science underlying these clinical trials. It is important to show that you are well rounded and capable of working in a collaborative environment.
Details
Placement (10 Months+)
Computer Science, Data Science
East of England
August 2024
