Diagnostics, Laboratory & Public Health
Health work with little or no patient contact. If you like biology but do not want to treat people, this is the part of medicine nobody tells you about.
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Laboratory & Diagnostic Science
The testing behind roughly seventy per cent of clinical decisions.
not yet writtenEpidemiology & Population Health
Disease patterns across whole populations rather than individual patients.
1 careerHealth Data & Biostatistics
Statistics applied to trials, outbreaks and health systems.
not yet writtenGenetics & Genomics
Inherited disease, sequencing, and counselling families through results.
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Sideways from here
The neighbouring fields. Most people who end up happy in one of these arrived from somewhere else entirely.
- Medicine & Clinical Care
- Nursing & Allied Health
- Biological & Life Sciences
- Physical & Chemical Sciences
- Earth, Environment & Climate
- Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science
- Software & Computing
- Data, AI & Machine Learning
- Cybersecurity & Information Assurance
- Civil, Structural & Geotechnical Engineering
- Mechanical, Manufacturing & Materials Engineering
- Electrical, Electronic & Control Engineering
- Chemical & Process Engineering
- Energy, Power & Resources
- Aerospace & Aviation
- Maritime, Transport & Supply Chain
- Architecture, Planning & Built Environment
- Skilled Trades & Industrial Maintenance
- Law & Legal Services
- Finance, Banking & Investment
- Accounting, Audit & Tax
- Business, Management & Consulting
- Economics, Policy & Development
- Government, Diplomacy & Public Service
- Defence, Security & Emergency Response
- Education, Training & Academia
- Media, Journalism & Communications
- Design, Creative & Applied Arts
- Psychology, Social Work & Human Services