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Job Description
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. Includes physicians, dentists, public health specialists, pharmacologists, and medical pathologists who primarily conduct research.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1042.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 95,000.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 45.00
- Currently, there are 108,870 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists”.
Also Known As…
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- Senior Scientist
- Senior Research Scientist
- Scientist
- Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Laboratory Director
- Investigator
- Clinical Pharmacologist
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Associate Director, Experimental Medicine
- Toxicologist
- Serologist
- Scientific Director
- Research Specialist
- Research Scientist
- Research Group Director
- Research Associate
- Research Assistant Member
- Research Assistant
- Protein Purification Scientist
- Principal Investigator
- Pharmacovigilance Safety Expert
- Pharmacometrician
- Pharmacologist
- Pharmacognosist
- Pharmaceutical Botanist
- Pesticide Use Medical Coordinator
- Parasitologist
- Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist
- Neurosurgery Research Director
- Neuroscientist
- Neurophysiologist
- Nanotechnologist
- Medical Scientist
- Medical Researcher
- Medical Research Scientist
- Medical Physicist
- Medical Health Researcher
- MD Senior Research Scientist
- Lead Scientist
- Laboratory Coordinator
- Industrial Pharmacist
- Immunochemist
- Histopathologist
- Histologist
- Good Laboratory Practice In Vitro Study Director (GLP In Vitro Study Director)
- Gerontologist
- Endocrinologist
- Drug Safety Scientist
- Director, Metabolism
- Director, Experimental Medicine
- Director, Clinical Pharmacology
- Director of Research
- Director of Preclinical Research
- Director of Laboratory Operations
- Director Multiple Sclerosis Center
- Cytologist
- Clinical Researcher
- Clinical Research Scientist
- Clinical Research Director
- Clinical Research Associate
- Clinical Research Assistant
- Clinical Research Analyst
- Clinical Manager
- Clinical Liaison
- Clinical Director
- Clinical Assistant
- Clinical Analyst
- Chemotherapist
- Cancer Researcher
- Anatomist
Tasks for “Research Scientist”
- Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
- Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
- Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
- Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
- Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs.
- Write and publish articles in scientific journals.
- Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, and others regarding medical applications of physics, biology, and chemistry.
- Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
- Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
- Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, and chromatography systems.
- Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
- Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
Related Technology & Tools
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Powder funnels
- Recording spectrophotometers
- Chemistry analyzers
- Bomb calorimeters
- Hematology analyzers
- Plate washers
- Microdiffusion dishes
- Flasks
- Magnetic stirrers
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Bone ultrasound densitometers
- Laminar flow hoods
- Peptide synthesizers
- Mass spectrometers
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Chromatographic tubes
- Ion chromatographs
- Heating blocks
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Cuvettes
- Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Balances
- Coulter counters
- Homogenizers
- Centrifuges
- Developing tanks
- Microarrayer scanners
- Rotary evaporators
- Laboratory evaporators
- Differential cell counters
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- Desktop computers
- Measuring cylinders
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Confocal microscopes
- Mainframe computers
- High-speed centrifuges
- Coagulation machines
- Fourier Transform IR spectrophotometers
- Laser printers
- Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Crossflow filtration systems
- Hot air ovens
- Shaking incubators
- pH meters
- Autoclaves
- Blenders
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Gel documentation systems
- Volumetric flasks
- Petri dishes
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Incubators
- Absorption tubes
- Refrigerated swinging bucket centrifuges
- Automated deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Electrical conductivity meters
- Laptop computers
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Flow cytometers
- Electron microscopes
- Cell disruptors
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Beta counters
- Steam distillation apparatus
- Mercury analyzers
- High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Thin layer chromatography equipment
- Pipettes
- Personal computers
- Thin layer chromatography plates
- Fermenters
- Glassware washers
- Microplate readers
- Ultrasound imaging scanners
- Fume hoods
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners
- Heat lamps
- Selective ion meters
- Cyclotrons
- Flame photometers
- Scintillation counters
- Gel dryers
- Blood gas machines
- Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Spray atomizers
- Ultracentrifuges
- Hot plates
- Microscope/video camera stations
- Gamma counters
- Electrophoresis power systems
- Filter funnels
- Fixed-angle microfuges
- Liquid handling robots
- Vortex mixers
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Thermal cyclers
- Colorimeters
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- Pasteur pipettes
- Ultraviolet UV crosslinkers
- Automated centrifuges
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Speed vacs
- Ultralow freezers
- Waters Empower 2
- Linux
- Microsoft Excel
- Triple G ULTRA Laboratory Information System
- FileMaker Pro
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- UNIX
- BioArray Software Environment BASE
- Minitab
- Python
- Database software
- Statistical software
- Integrated development environment IDE software
- Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheet software
- Medical Scientists HybridAI
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Waters MassLynx
- PerkinElmer TurboMass
- Thermo ToxLab
- SAS
- Microsoft Office
- StataCorp Stata
- SPSS
- Waters Millennium32
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Waters Q-DIS/QM LIMS
- Medical Scientists MediSave
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- Presentation software
- Word processing software
- LexisNexis
- Waters eLab Notebook
- R