Senior medical laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow

The differences between senior medical laboratory scientists and doctoral 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 senior medical laboratory scientist and a doctoral fellow. Additionally, a senior medical laboratory scientist has an average salary of $70,833, which is higher than the $53,366 average annual salary of a doctoral fellow.

The top three skills for a senior medical laboratory scientist include ASCP, blood bank and QC. The most important skills for a doctoral fellow are patients, cell culture, and data analysis.

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow overview

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Yearly salary	$70,833	$53,366
Hourly rate	$34.05	$25.66
Growth rate	17%	17%
Number of jobs	117,450	22,661
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Doctoral Degree, 46%
Average age	41	41
Years of experience	4	4

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow salary

Senior medical laboratory scientists and doctoral fellows have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Average salary	$70,833	$53,366
Salary range	Between $47,000 And $105,000	Between $39,000 And $72,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	IBM
Best paying industry	-	Pharmaceutical

Differences between senior medical laboratory scientist and doctoral fellow education

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

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 71%	Doctoral Degree, 46%
Most common major	Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	Chemistry
Most common college	Duke University	Duke University

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow demographics

Here are the differences between senior medical laboratory scientists' and doctoral fellows' demographics:

	Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist	Doctoral Fellow
Average age	41	41
Gender ratio	Male, 52.6% Female, 47.4%	Male, 55.3% Female, 44.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 3.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.4% Asian, 27.9% White, 56.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%	Black or African American, 6.1% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 9.3% Asian, 32.9% White, 47.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1%
LGBT Percentage	8%	8%

Differences between senior medical laboratory scientist and doctoral fellow duties and responsibilities

Senior medical laboratory scientist example responsibilities.

Attain extensive phlebotomy experience with a challenging pediatric patient population.
Review and analyze daily quality control data and takes the appropriate steps to insure quality results associate with microbiology procedures.
Perform CMV, CMV IgM, CMV IgG, and RPR testing.

Doctoral fellow example responsibilities.

Lead the in-vitro biophysical and biochemical characterization of homologous recombination and investigate structure-function effects of mutant enzymes.
Attend courses in drug discovery, python programming, and next-generation sequencing analyses.
Coordinate the validation of data aquisition algorithms (C++, python) for all real and simulate data.
Conduct custom synthesis of organic molecules, key intermediates and building blocks for medicinal chemistry applications.
Design PCL/PLCL drug delivery system for DC immunotherapy.
Succeed in using CRISPR to genetically correct diseas iPSCs.

Senior medical laboratory scientist vs doctoral fellow skills

Common senior medical laboratory scientist skills

ASCP, 87%
Blood Bank, 7%
QC, 6%

Common doctoral fellow skills

Patients, 8%
Cell Culture, 6%
Data Analysis, 5%
Research Projects, 5%
Cell Biology, 5%
Immunology, 5%

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