Students and recent Grads

"Despite their busy schedules, the scientists at Merck Frosst work very closely with students and are always eager to help. The labs are equipped with the most recent, state-of-the-art technology. A co-op experience at Merck Frosst provides the perfect opportunity for a science student to gain research experience that is both exciting and pertinent, a valuable tool for any scientific endeavour."

Violeta Yu

The Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research enthusiastically participates in co-operative student programs. Each year, we make available temporary work terms to about 70 undergraduates.

This program provides undergraduates with the opportunity to fulfill their course requirements while working with first-class researchers. It also provides Merck Frosst with the opportunity to identify some of Canada's best undergraduate students and draw them into the excitement of scientific research in the pharmaceutical industry in general and at Merck Frosst in particular. The company remains in touch with many of these students as they pursue graduate and post-doctoral studies and several have now joined the ranks of its full-time scientists.

Students in our laboratories help our researchers pursue novel and innovative research and many also carry out their own projects. Our hope is that their findings will not only advance our scientific knowledge and the drug development process, but also be an important first step in a creative and fruitful career in scientific research.

Many co-op students at Merck Frosst appear as authors on important publications that may help to advance their careers.

Click here to access the list of some student-authored papers that have been published.

Note that all departments at the Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research offer opportunities for graduate students. Many scientists at the Centre hold adjunct faculty positions at Canadian universities, including the Universities of Ottawa, Concordia, McGill and Université de Montréal, and supervise graduate students who conduct their thesis research projects at the Merck Frosst Canada & Co. site.

Click here to learn more about Scientific Research at Merck Frosst.