Description
Pfizer’s purpose is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Research and Development is at the heart of fulfilling Pfizer’s purpose as we work to translate advanced science and technologies into the therapies and vaccines that matter most. Whether you are in the discovery sciences, ensuring drug safety and efficacy or supporting clinical trials, you will apply cutting edge design and process development capabilities to accelerate and bring the best in class medicines to patients around the world.
As part of the Animal Models and Imaging (AMI) group within the Global Discovery Investigative and Translational Sciences (GDITS) team, you will collaborate with Pfizer’s Research and Development teams and Investigative partners to develop and execute animal models of disease, provide non-invasive imaging and biomarker support to advance the portfolio programs. It is your hard work along with innovative ideas and focus that will help in making Pfizer ready to achieve new milestones and help patients across the globe.
Roles and Responsibilites
- Work with teams across the organization to optimize pre-clinical imaging data acquisition, processing and analysis.
- Develop automated pre-clinical image (Computed Tomography, Ultrasound, Positron Emission Tomography and other imaging technologies) analysis tools.
- Support in vivo experiments to develop and validate of animal models, imaging methods and digital biomarker in support of Pfizer programs.
- Interface with technology and computational/digital teams to maintain database and data management.
- Automate data migration, extraction, and database management.
- Update and manage tools as software/networks change.
- Train colleagues on the use of automated image analysis tools.
- Contribute towards reports, posters, talks, other project communications and manuscripts under supervision.
Will be required to work under the following: The United States Department of Agriculture Animal Welfare Act and associated Regulations and Standards, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and AAALAC accreditation standards.
Qualifications(Required)
- BS degree in Life Sciences, Biomedical Engineering or related field with 3+ years experience or MA/MS with 0+ years related experience required.
- Experience working with MatLab, preferably working with image processing, signal processing, statistics or data/image acquisition toolboxes, and interfacing with other programing languages like R and Python.
- Experience working with rodent animal models of human disease.
Qualifications(Preferred)
- Experience working in a pharmaceutical or drug discovery setting.
- Experience in one or more disease areas (oncology, inflammation, metabolic or neurological diseases).
- Familiarity with one or several biomedical imaging modalities such as mCT, PET, ultrasound, and other methods.
