Biomedical research as a career option

This page evaluates biomedical research as a career option. It provides information that can help you answer a question of the form Should I pursue a career in biomedical research?
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This page discusses biomedical research as a career option. The page is in preparation. We have some basic information here, but will expand over time.

There are two broad paths to biomedical research:

• Graduate studies in the biological sciences or biochemistry
• Graduate school in medicine

The following resources are helpful:

• 80000 Hours blog category on biomedical research
• Interview with a Cambridge Professor of Medical Genetics on research careers by Benjamin Todd, November 14, 2013, 80000 Hours blog. The interviewee, John Todd, is a Professor of Medical Genetics at Cambridge. He studied medicine first (completing a MD) and then did a PhD and moved to biomedical research,
• Interview with leading HIV vaccine researcher - Prof. Sir Andrew McMichael by Benjamin Todd, January 28, 2014, 80000 Hours blog. The interviewee, Andrew McMichael, is Director of the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine in Oxford. He started his career as a biologist.