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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
- Research Scientist
- Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Laboratory Director
- Investigator
- Clinical Pharmacologist
- Clinical Laboratory Scientist
- Associate Director, Experimental Medicine
- Toxicologist
- Serologist
- Scientific Director
- Research Specialist
- 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 “Investigator”
- Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
- Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
- Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
- Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
- Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
- Write and publish articles in scientific journals.
- Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
- Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
- Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, and chromatography systems.
- Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs.
- Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, and others regarding medical applications of physics, biology, and chemistry.
- Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
Related Technology & Tools
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA synthesizers
- Ultrasound imaging scanners
- Ion chromatographs
- Erlenmeyer flasks
- Pipettes
- Blenders
- Speed vacs
- High-speed centrifuges
- Mercury analyzers
- Glassware washers
- Homogenizers
- Shaking incubators
- Tabletop centrifuges
- Volumetric flasks
- Ultraviolet-Visible UV/VIS spectrophotometers
- Powder funnels
- Chromatographic tubes
- Confocal microscopes
- Plate washers
- Steam distillation apparatus
- Hematology analyzers
- Medical magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Coagulation machines
- Mainframe computers
- Fixed-angle microfuges
- Heat lamps
- Personal computers
- Carbon dioxide CO2 incubators
- Petri dishes
- Hot air ovens
- Blood gas machines
- Refrigerated centrifuges
- Crossflow filtration systems
- Magnetic stirrers
- Capillary electrophoresis equipment
- Flame photometers
- Bomb calorimeters
- Microdiffusion dishes
- Laptop computers
- Gel documentation systems
- Microplate readers
- Electrophoresis power systems
- Refrigerated swinging bucket centrifuges
- Balances
- Atomic absorption AA spectrophotometers
- High-pressure liquid chromatographs
- Microarrayer scanners
- Filter funnels
- Cold vapor atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Rotary evaporators
- Cell disruptors
- Fermenters
- Fourier Transform IR spectrophotometers
- Nuclear magnetic resonance NMR spectroscopes
- pH meters
- Differential cell counters
- Laser printers
- Automated centrifuges
- Electrical conductivity meters
- Cyclotrons
- Fume hoods
- Measuring cylinders
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Laboratory evaporators
- Autoclaves
- Absorption tubes
- Computerized axial tomography CAT scanners
- Coulter counters
- Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Chemistry analyzers
- Electron microscopes
- Gamma counters
- Automated deoxyribonucleic acid DNA sequencers
- Positron emission tomography PET scanners
- Scintillation counters
- Laminar flow hoods
- Vortex mixers
- Cuvettes
- Thin layer chromatography plates
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- High-resolution functional magnetic resonance imaging MRI equipment
- Colorimeters
- Gas chromatographs GC
- Heating blocks
- Gel electrophoresis boxes
- Ultracentrifuges
- Bone ultrasound densitometers
- Microscope/video camera stations
- Developing tanks
- Ultralow freezers
- Liquid handling robots
- Thermal cyclers
- Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometers
- Spray atomizers
- Desktop computers
- Incubators
- Peptide synthesizers
- Thin layer chromatography equipment
- Selective ion meters
- Gel dryers
- Mass spectrometers
- Flow cytometers
- Ultraviolet UV crosslinkers
- Pasteur pipettes
- Flasks
- Hot plates
- Beta counters
- Recording spectrophotometers
- Centrifuges
- Linux
- The MathWorks MATLAB
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- LexisNexis
- Microsoft Visual Basic
- Thermo ToxLab
- BioArray Software Environment BASE
- Minitab
- Waters Q-DIS/QM LIMS
- Microsoft Office
- Word processing software
- R
- Integrated development environment IDE software
- Presentation software
- Microsoft Excel
- Waters eLab Notebook
- Python
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- SPSS
- Waters Empower 2
- UNIX
- Waters MassLynx
- Spreadsheet software
- National Instruments LabVIEW
- Database software
- Medical Scientists MediSave
- Medical Scientists HybridAI
- Microsoft Word
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- SAS
- StataCorp Stata
- Statistical software
- Waters Millennium32
- FileMaker Pro
- PerkinElmer TurboMass
- Triple G ULTRA Laboratory Information System