What is the difference between medical research and biomedical laboratory research?
Jaime F asked:
I’m looking through College Board’s website for career interests and I can’t seem to differentiate between being a just a medical researcher and being a biomedical laboratory researcher. Is biomedical lab research just a sub-field of medical research? They are both listed as different careers in the same category of medicine.
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I’m looking through College Board’s website for career interests and I can’t seem to differentiate between being a just a medical researcher and being a biomedical laboratory researcher. Is biomedical lab research just a sub-field of medical research? They are both listed as different careers in the same category of medicine.
I’m interested in working in the medical lab as a career, but are there different requirements for either careers? And what other opportunities are there for someone who is interested in the medical lab?
January 16th, 2009 at 5:07 am
Biomedical laboratory research is a subcategory of medical research. Medical research encompasses all types of research involving medical issues, including field work, clinical settings, survey analysis, statistical study of computerized medical databases, development of optimal treatment protocols, and many other research areas.
Biomedical laboratory research is a domain of medical research wherein the preponderance of work is performed in a laboratory setting. Nevertheless, it is a very broad field, which includes endocrinology, rheumatology, genetics, immunology, pharmacology, and many subspecialties of medicine. A Laboratory Technician or Laboratory Technologist can readily find careers in biomedical laboratory research, especially if they have a major or advanced degree in biology, chemistry, or biophysics. Masters degrees, PhDs, or an M.D. in any field of medicine, biology, biochemistry, biophysics, or psychology should provide many opportunities in medical research, as well as biomedical laboratory research.