Summer 2025 Oncology - Deep Learning Internship

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Position Summary

We are seeking a motivated and passionate graduate student for an exciting summer internship opportunity in the field of oncology deep learning. The intern will join the Imaging AI team, part of the Informatics and Predictive Sciences (IPS) organization under Research and Early Development. The Imaging AI team develops and applies digital pathology workflows across research, impacting patient therapies from early discovery all the way to late-stage clinical trial analyses, across our disease portfolio. In this internship, the applicant will focus on deep learning enabled methods for cell detection and classification in digitized histology slides (i.e., hematoxylin and eosin/H&E) of human cancer samples. This project is critical for advancing precision medicine and understanding the tumor microenvironment in oncology. The intern will collaborate with experts, work on advanced machine learning models, and contribute to automating and improving histopathological image analysis.

As part of the Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) Intern Program, the internship will provide hands-on experience, access to BMS's computing infrastructure, and opportunities for collaboration with other interns and BMS colleagues. This project offers valuable exposure to deep learning, digital pathology, and innovative applications in oncology research.

Key Responsibilities

• Curate and prepare a cohort of H&E images from BMS's image management system for analysis.
• Collaborate with the Imaging AI team to refine and utilize existing machine learning pipelines for histopathological image analysis.

• Internalize published models (i.e., CellViT, PatchSorter, PanNuke, etc.) to work on BMS IPS computing infrastructure.
• Deploy models on BMS images, evaluate and benchmark resulting cell detection and classification results (accuracy, precision, recall, F1-scores, etc.).

• Document all processes and present results in a comprehensive final report and presentation.

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate student (Ph.D., M.S.) in a relevant field such as Bioinformatics, Biomedical Engineering, Data Science, or similar.
• Basic understanding of cancer pathology and tissue structure to effectively interpret results and annotations. 

• Strong desire to learn basic image processing techniques for H&E images, such as stain normalization. 

• Proficiency in Python, especially for working with image data and developing simple models. 
• Basic understanding of deep learning frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow, particularly for image analysis tasks, with a willingness to further develop these skills. 
• Previous experience with digital pathology platforms such as QuPath, Halo, and Visiopharm would be beneficial, though not required.
• Experience or willingness to learn how to quantitatively evaluate models using performance metrics like accuracy, precision, and F1-scores. 
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment.

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