Summer Internship at Allergan

I received this announcement in an email.  

The Safety Assessment team at Allergan is looking for a student to fulfill an 8 week Summer Temp position (Irvine, CA).  The student should be in a Bachelors, Masters, or Veterinary school program and will be supervised by Dr. Andrea Rodrigues, PhD Toxicology; Dr. Lydia Andrews-Jones, DVM, PhD, DACVP; Dr. Steve Matsumoto, PhD Chemistry, and will be working with laboratory animal veterinarians, technicians, pharmacologists, histologists, toxicologists, and a veterinary pathologist.

In the attachment:

2018 Summer Internship in the Safety Assessment Department at Allergan (Irvine, California)

Summer Temporary Associate, 8 weeks duration, paid internship

Qualifications: Current or recent student in a college degree program (Bachelors or Masters)

The internship will encompass:

Learning about:
Cell biology and immunology of the foreign body reaction
Anatomy and physiology of the skin and the eye
Safety evaluation, toxicology, and animal welfare using rats as a model
Skin histology – fixation, sectioning, and staining
Skin and Eye histopathology – structure and function
Pharmaceutical drug development

Hands on work:
Observation of dermal responses in rats
Assistance in collecting, fixing, sectioning, and staining skin samples
Obtaining and evaluating microscopic images of skin sections
Evaluation of foreign body reactions to materials in skin

The ideal Intern will have interests in one or more areas:

Toxicology
Pathology
Veterinary Sciences
Drug development

Please provide a Resume, preferred start and end dates to:

andrea.rodrigues@allergan.com

Deadline June 15, 2018  (applicants will be notified by June 22, 2018)