Medical research scientist vs fellow

The differences between medical research scientists and fellows can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a medical research scientist and a fellow. Additionally, a medical research scientist has an average salary of $78,125, which is higher than the $66,364 average annual salary of a fellow.

The top three skills for a medical research scientist include PCR, research findings and GMP. The most important skills for a fellow are patients, professional development, and veterans.

Medical research scientist vs fellow overview

	Medical Research Scientist	Fellow
Yearly salary	$78,125	$66,364
Hourly rate	$37.56	$31.91
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	129,653	7,459
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Medical research scientist vs fellow salary

Medical research scientists and fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Medical Research Scientist	Fellow
Average salary	$78,125	$66,364
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $129,000	Between $46,000 And $93,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Oak Ridge, TN
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	Tennessee
Best paying company	Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Peterson Institute for International Economics
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Professional

Differences between medical research scientist and fellow education

There are a few differences between a medical research scientist and a fellow in terms of educational background:

	Medical Research Scientist	Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 64%
Most common major	Biology	Political Science
Most common college	University of Southern California	Duke University

Medical research scientist vs fellow demographics

Here are the differences between medical research scientists' and fellows' demographics:

	Medical Research Scientist	Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 40.0% Female, 60.0%	Male, 46.2% Female, 53.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 27.2% White, 52.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.4% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 9.6% Asian, 26.4% White, 53.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between medical research scientist and fellow duties and responsibilities

Medical research scientist example responsibilities.

Manage sample inventory via in-house laboratory information management system (LIMS) and implement additional systems for sample and chemical organization.
Experience working in a GMP regulate environment.
Experience with``firefight"responses and working with FDA.
Mouse colony maintenance are paramount, mouse genotyping, data organization.
Evaluate total tissue proteins and serum responses by ELISA, fluorescent and clotting assays.
Design and execute experiments to test the anti-allergic effect of CMP against grass, tree and ragweed pollen allergies.

Fellow example responsibilities.

Design and lead labs align with the NYC curriculum, on topics including moon phases and dichotomous keys.
Maintain company website, as well as wrote, manage, and edit content on the SharePoint portal.
Manage live streaming for NARAL Facebook during NARAL's lobby day, as well as assisting in attendee organization.
Work through several medical software databases to generate SQL to pass on to Java developers for their programs.
Develop computer program to visualize EOS data in Java.
Include writing python scripts to parse poorly structure text into tabular data.

Medical research scientist vs fellow skills

Common medical research scientist skills

PCR, 21%
Research Findings, 20%
GMP, 17%
Genotyping, 15%
Elisa, 13%
Extraction, 7%

Common fellow skills

Patients, 11%
Professional Development, 7%
Veterans, 7%
Mathematics, 5%
Math, 5%
Public Health, 4%

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