Two PittPharmacy graduate students will be spending their summer throughout the country and with various companies to expand their research skills.
Karryn Crisamore, was selected for the clinical pharmacology and pharmacometrics summer internship at CSL Behring. CSL Behring is a global biotechnology leader in plasma-derived and recombinant therapeutics. Crisamore will spend 12 weeks at their site in King of Prussia, PA and through this opportunity gain hands-on experience in pharmacometric analysis in pharmaceutical industry.
Andrew Haddad will be with Thermo Fisher in Santa Clara, CA in the computational genetics department. The primary role within this internship is to assist in the development of the algorithm used to detect different SNPs within an individual’s genome by reducing noise and improving the selectivity of the genes of interest. Additionally, the position will focus on refining the genotyping model and software to better fit the needs of researchers.