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.
- • Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
- • Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
- • Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
- • Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
- • Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
- • Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
- • Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
- • Confer with health departments, industry personnel, physicians, and others to develop health safety standards and public health improvement programs.
- • Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
- • Consult with and advise physicians, educators, researchers, and others regarding medical applications of physics, biology, and chemistry.
- • Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, or chromatography systems.
- • Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
- • Write and publish articles in scientific journals.
- • Write applications for research grants.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
