Schedule:
Duration of Internship: 5/4/2026 - 7/27/2026
Status: Non-benefited
Hours: Less than 29 hours per week
Days: Monday - Friday, flexible based on intern availability
Department: Medical Directorship - 115
The Intern is utilized in various departments. ARUP's culture is one of caring for both the patient and its employees.
This internship will involve data science evaluation of an agenetic LLM powered query of laboratory data along with preliminary data analysis under the supervision of pathologists in the applied artificial intelligence group (Dirs: David Ng, MD, and Nick Spies, MD)
About the Supervisor:
David Ng, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Utah and Senior Medical Director of Applied Artificial Intelligence and Hematologic Flow Cytometry at ARUP Laboratories. Trained in electrical engineering, medicine, anatomic and clinical pathology, and hematopathology, he is a practicing hematopathologist with sign out responsibilities in flow cytometry, next generation sequencing, and morphologic evaluation. He directs ARUP’s Hematologic Flow Cytometry Laboratory, focusing on diagnostic and measurable residual disease applications of spectral flow cytometry, and leads a multidisciplinary team developing artificial intelligence solutions for clinical laboratory medicine.
Internship Description:
LLMs have advanced to the point where significant data querying and analysis can be performed with free text prompts.
Internship Goals:
Check agent output including SQL, python and R code review.
Prompt development
Manuscript preparation on hematology and chemistry data
Knowledge, Skills & Techniques Learned from Internship:
Agentic Workflows
Data Science in Laboratory Medicine
LLM validation and QC
SQL, Python, R for data extraction and analysis
Scientific Manuscript preparation
Measurement of New Skills:
Performances of new skills including:
1. evaluation of LLM performance
2. optimization of prompts and tool
3. use of the scientific method in evaluating clinical questions
4. preparation of academic manuscripts
Will be evaluated on the basis of individual completion.
About ARUP:
ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and an enterprise of the University of Utah and its Department of Pathology. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
ARUP proudly hires top talent to create a work environment of diversity, professional growth and continuous development. Our workforce is committed to the important service we provide to over one million patients each month. We always strive for excellence and have a strong desire to have involvement with the advances in medicine and the role laboratory services plays within each patient’s life. We never forget that there is a patient behind every specimen we receive.
We are looking for individuals who want to contribute to ARUP's culture of accountability, integrity, service, and excellence. Consider joining our dynamic team.
Physical and Other Requirements:
Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
Mobility: The person in this position needs to occasionally move between work sites and inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
Communicate: Frequently and effectively communicate with others.
PPE: Biohazard laboratory environment that requires use of personal protective equipment in accordance with CDC and OSHA regulations and company policies.
ARUP Policies and Procedures: To conduct self in compliance with all ARUP Policies and Procedures.
Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Fine Motor Control: Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
Vision: Having close, far, and peripheral visual acuity to perform a variety of tasks such as make general observations of depth and distance.
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ARUP Laboratories is a national clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. A nonprofit enterprise of the University of Utah, ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests.
