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Are you interested in what causes illness, and in helping people achieve good health? Medical and scientific research, along with amazing technical breakthroughs, have made the health-science industry an exciting work environment. How fulfilling it would be to become a member of a research team that discovers a new vaccine, a physician or therapist who helps sick or injured patients heal and return to their lives, or a technologist who helps pinpoint a medical condition while it can still be cured!


People in the Health Science Cluster are involved with planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health information, support services and biotechnology research and development.

 

To begin an exciting journey of career discovery, click on the following pathways. Each will display a drop-down list of jobs; select a job and begin your exploration. Your dream job may be just a mouse-click away.


Biotechnology Research and Development

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For even more insight, you can view videos of people who have found success and fulfillment in jobs in Health Science. Just click on the box on the right-hand side of this page, and you can find out about the rewards of working as a doctor of sports medicine, emergency medical services manager, health geographer, research technician, trauma nurse and more. You also can learn about the duties, education, earnings, and projected outlook for each job featured. That’s a lot of valuable information, easily available to help you build your own successful future.

 

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