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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
$99.93K Median Salary 12.6K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 17% Job Growth
About This Career
Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation, research and development, or other related activities.
Reported Job Titles
Clinical Laboratory Scientist (Clinical Lab Scientist), Clinical Pharmacologist, Clinical Research Scientist, Medical Researcher, Physician Scientist, Research Scientist, Researcher, Scientist, Study Director, Toxicologist
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Inductive Reasoning
Oral Expression
Written Expression
Category Flexibility
Deductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Oral Comprehension
Speech Clarity
Written Comprehension
Problem Sensitivity
Near Vision
Speech Recognition
Mathematical Reasoning
Flexibility of Closure
Fluency of Ideas
Originality
Number Facility
Selective Attention
Memorization
Perceptual Speed
Speed of Closure
Knowledge
Biology
English Language
Medicine and Dentistry
Chemistry
Mathematics
Computers and Electronics
Skills
Writing
Active Learning
Science
Speaking
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Judgment and Decision Making
Reading Comprehension
Complex Problem Solving
Systems Analysis
Mathematics
Monitoring
Learning Strategies
Instructing
Systems Evaluation
Service Orientation
Time Management
Coordination
Social Perceptiveness
Technology Skills
Analytical or scientific software
Presentation software
Data base user interface and query software
Development environment software
Electronic mail software
Operating system software
Object or component oriented development software
Spreadsheet software
Geographic information system
Graphics or photo imaging software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Desktop publishing software
Office suite software
Word processing software
Project management software
Information retrieval or search software
Tools
Spectrophotometers
Benchtop centrifuges
Laboratory flasks
Chromatography tubing
Petri plates or dishes
Robotic or automated liquid handling systems
Refrigerated benchtop centrifuges
Manual or electronic hematology differential cell counters
Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI scanners
Laboratory funnels
Mobile or transportable medical linear accelerators
Calorimeters
Liquid scintillation counters
Standard fermentation units
Gel boxes
Medical positron emission tomography PET units
Laboratory mechanical convection ovens
Electrocardiography EKG units
Microcentrifuges
Photometer
Dry wall single chamber carbon dioxide incubators
Medical computed tomography CT or CAT scanners or tubes
Deoxyribonucleic sequence analyzers
Temperature cycling chambers or thermal cyclers
Microbiology analyzers
Laboratory washing machines
Forced air or mechanical convection general purpose incubators
Laboratory balances
Fume hoods or cupboards
Medical ultrasound or doppler or pulse echocardiograph or echocardiograph units for general diagnostic use
Dry baths or heating blocks
Electrophoresis system power supplies
Laboratory sprayers
Notebook computers
Gas chromatographs
Complementary deoxyribonucleic acid cDNA synthesis kits
Dropping pipettes
Thin layer chromatography tanks
Scanning light or spinning disk or laser scanning microscopes
Laboratory heaters
Laminar flow cabinets or stations
Medical ultrasound bone densitometers
Vacuum or rotary evaporators
Ultrasonic disintegrators
Ultra cold or ultralow upright cabinets or freezers
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Blood gas analyzers
Laboratory filtration hardware or accessories
Laboratory hotplates
Ion selective electrode ISE meters
Thinlayer chromatographs
Extracting equipment for laboratories
Ultraviolet crosslinkers
Vacuum or centrifugal concentrators
Microplates
Microplate washers
Instrumentation for capillary electrophoresis
Atomic absorption AA spectrometers
High pressure liquid chromatograph chromatography
Chemistry analyzers
Videoscopes
Steam autoclaves or sterilizers
Laboratory blenders or emulsifiers
Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectrometers
Pasteur or transfer pipettes
Conductivity meters
Hematology or chemistry mixers
Coagulation analyzers
Electron microscopes
Gel dryers
Mainframe computers
Beta counters
pH meters
Laboratory evaporators
Cuvettes
Mass spectrometers
Homogenizers
Ion chromatographs
Gel documentation systems
Vortex mixers
Laser printers
Gamma counters
Shaking incubators
Hematology analyzers
Magnetic stirrers
Desktop computers
Ultracentrifuges
Microplate readers
Personal computers
Colorimeters
Binocular light compound microscopes
