Intern, Health Equity & Clinical Innovation, Rural Community Engagement

Biogen

About the Role:

This application is for a 12-week internship role from June - August 2026. Resume review begins in February 2026.

Biogen's Health Equity & Clinical Innovation team is seeking a motivated intern to support health equity driven medical affairs initiatives focused on rural communities. This internship will provide hands-on exposure to how medical affairs integrates health equity principles into disease understanding, evidence generation, scientific education, and external stakeholder/community engagement.

The intern will examine how geography, culture, infrastructure, and trust influence diagnosis, treatment access, clinical research participation, and real-world outcomes in rural settings. Insights generated through this role will directly inform medical affairs strategy, including disease area strategic planning, medical education priorities, feasibility assessments for late-stage development and post-approval studies, and long-term health equity priorities.

This role is ideal for strategic, self-starter candidates interested in medical affairs, clinical research, public health/policy, or healthcare strategy, and who are passionate about advancing equitable, community-informed scientific innovation.

What You'll Do:

As an intern, you will support various aspects of our teams vital activities including:

Medical Affairs Health Equity Strategy Support

• Conduct research on rural health disparities relevant to priority disease areas, including:
  • Diagnostic and care deserts
  • Coverage and access barriers
  • Barriers to clinical research participation and real-world care
• Synthesize insights to inform medical affairs disease strategy, evidence gaps, and scientific priorities
• Support development of a rural health equity engagement framework aligned with Biogen's medical affairs and health equity objectives

Evidence Generation & Scientific Insights

• Support medical affairs led evidence development by identifying gaps related to rural and underserved populations
• Translate qualitative community insights into scientifically relevant considerations for medical affairs teams

External Engagement & Community Insights

• Support medical affairs aligned community outreach initiatives with:
  • Community clinics and health systems
  • Local advocacy organizations
  • Trusted community stakeholders
• Assist in planning and participating in community engagement activities to gather medical and scientific insights
• Document and synthesize feedback to inform medical affairs strategy and evidence planning

Medical Education & Scientific Communication

• Support development of scientifically accurate, culturally appropriate educational materials for rural audiences
• Contribute to disease awareness and clinical research education efforts consistent with medical affairs standards
• Collaborate with internal medical affairs partners to ensure rural health equity insights are reflected in broader scientific initiatives

Health Equity Disease Literature & Insights Reviews

• Complete at least one Health Equity Disease Literature and Insights Overviews aligned with medical affairs standards, including:
  • Epidemiology and disease burden
  • Demographic and geographic variation
  • Severity, comorbidities, and outcomes
  • Economic burden and access challenges, diagnostic delay
  • Racial/ethnic, age, and gender differences
  • Quality of life and caregiver impact
  • Published patient reported outcomes, patient experience and real-world data
• Present findings including opportunities for Biogen medical teams to medical affairs and Health Equity team members at the conclusion of the internship

Additional Responsibilities

• Support ad hoc medical affairs or Health Equity projects as needed
• Contribute to synthesis decks, briefing documents, and insight summaries for internal stakeholders

Who You Are:

• Strong interest in medical affairs, health equity, pharmaceutical development, rural health, public health, or clinical research
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated cultural humility
• Experience conducting literature reviews using PubMed, Embase, or similar databases
• Ability to synthesize scientific, qualitative, and community-based insights into clear, actionable recommendations
• Organized, proactive, and comfortable working independently in a large, matrixed environment

To participate in the Biogen Internship or Co-op Program, students must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S.
• At least 18 years of age prior to the scheduled start date.
• Currently enrolled in an accredited community college, college, university or skills program/apprenticeship.

Education Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a graduate (any year) or undergraduate (ideally rising senior) level program focused in:
  • Medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, biology, clinical research, healthcare administration, health policy, or other healthcare related fields
  • Candidates from other majors such as communications, sociology, psychology, anthropology, public relations, or related disciplines with strong relevance to health equity and medical affairs will also be considered

Additional Information

The actual hourly wage offered will consider the candidate's current academic level and degree candidacy, inclusive of Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, JD, MD, PhD and MBA programs. It will comply with state or local minimum wage requirements specific to the job location.

In addition to compensation, Biogen offers a range of benefits designed to support our educational employees, including, but not limited to:

• Company paid holidays
• Commuter benefits
• Employee Resource Groups participation
• 80 hours of sick time per calendar year

Why Biogen?

We are a global team with a commitment to excellence, and a pioneering spirit. As a mid-sized biotechnology company, we provide the stability and resources of a well-established business while fostering an environment where individual contributions make a significant impact. Our team encompasses some of the most talented and passionate achievers who have unparalleled opportunities for learning, growth, and expanding their skills. Above all, we work together to deliver life-changing medicines, with every role playing a vital part in our mission. Caring Deeply. Achieving Excellence. Changing Lives.

At Biogen, we are committed to building on our culture of inclusion and belonging that reflects the communities where we operate and the patients we serve. We know that diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives make us a stronger and more innovative company, and we are focused on building teams where every employee feels empowered and inspired.Read onto learn more about our DE&I efforts.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, race, color, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, religion, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. Biogen is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.