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Finding clinical research jobs can be quite easy, depending on your background. Of course, contract clinical research jobs may be somewhat difficult and specialized, and this is especially true if you want contract clinical research associate jobs, since associate jobs generally rely upon on-the-job training as a big part of the initial work. Accordingly, though, contract jobs are much easier to land once you've had some experience.

In short, clinical research employment can be readily available, depending on your background and experience. In fact, if you go into a profession such as that of a medical scientist, a large part of your job is automatically going to entail clinical research.

So what does it mean to be a medical scientist or other clinical researcher? When you’re a clinical researcher, you're going to need a PhD in a biological science of some kind. In some cases, you may even need a medical degree. If you wish to be an epidemiologist, you're going to have to have a master's degree in public health, a PhD, or a medical degree, depending on the situation. Even with the proper qualifications, there is some competition for these positions, but you should have good opportunities if you do have the proper education.



What a Medical Scientist Does

Medical scientists research how the human body reacts to various diseases. The ultimate goal is to improve the health of humans. Their research involves the biomedical field and the research and development related to it. They seek to understand how human life progresses and maintains itself, and how living organisms, including bacteria and viruses, affect the human body. They also study how other infectious agents affect the human body and seek ways to mitigate the damage these things do. Their work means that we continually advance our knowledge of disease diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. Their work continues as new vaccines, treatments, and drug protocols are developed to handle various diseases. They spend a lot of time in laboratories doing research, conducting clinical investigations, engaging in technical writing, evaluating how drug applications have fared, and doing related activities, all of them related to the prevention and cure of disease and general illness in humans.

Studying Biology

Medical scientists study biology and human systems so as to discover how health problems affect the human body. They discover and develop treatments and design research programs to discern how well these work. They may decide to try to identify changes in chromosomes or cells that may signify the start of some difficulty or disease. In this way, they may even help prevent illnesses from starting in the first place when there previously would have been no prevention or cure. They may also try drugs in new combinations in various trials to determine whether or not they are a more effective treatment for a disease.

Medical Science and Physicians

Most medical scientists are physicians who can give these drugs to patients in clinical trials and monitor their reactions to them. They may take samples such as blood or tissue samples to determine how the drugs are affecting patients. If they are not doctors themselves, they work closely with physicians who do the tasks they cannot.

A lot of what they do also focuses on prevention. For example, the links between smoking and lung cancer or alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver were likely discovered by medical scientists and then proven through subsequent study in trials.

Medical scientists may also work in product development to develop new drugs and medical treatments for previously untreatable diseases. In many cases, they have as part of their goal the need to develop marketable treatments so that they meet their employers' financial and business goals. This is different than the completely unfettered research many scientists do. Because they are tied to the bottom line of their employers, they are bound to determine how drugs may be effective and marketable, and therefore make a profit for their employers. Perhaps unfortunately, they are also bound in some cases to report the results to people who are not scientists but yet have the capability to approve or reject their ideas. Medical scientists may also work with scientists from other disciplines, technicians, business managers, and engineers to develop projects.

Biotechnology is an especially fast-growing field, as is genetic engineering. Both of these fields have made great strides in discerning why diseases that are currently poorly treated, like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, occur and how they can be fought much more effectively.

Epidemiology, too, is an important branch of medical science. Medical scientists in this field focus on how and why diseases spread and then determine how to best prevent or control them. In addition, if an epidemic should occur, they work on finding ways to control it. AIDS research is one good example of this field.

Education and Background

At a minimum, most medical scientists need a PhD in a biological science. Oftentimes, they also have medical degrees so that they can perform clinical work correctly on patients. One good way to begin your education in this area is to get a bachelor's degree in a biological science or a related field, and then go on to postgraduate work geared toward the specific area you want to become involved in.

Job Outlook and Compensation

Although competition for these jobs is fierce, anyone with a PhD or a medical degree has a very good chance of getting a medical science job. The average wage for medical scientists was approximately $62,000 per year as of 2006.
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