Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

A typical week, in the words of people in the job

1. 01Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
2. 02Write and publish articles in scientific journals.
3. 03Write applications for research grants.
4. 04Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
5. 05Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
6. 06Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
7. 07Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
8. 08Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
9. 09Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
10. 10Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
11. 11Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs.
12. 12Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.

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