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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

There is enormous demand for trained professionals in Bioinformatics. The pharmaceutical industry, biotechnology companies, agro-business, and research organizations look for people with the appropriate interdisciplinary skills. Competition for people skilled in bioinformatics is so intense that salary offers are being driven sky-high.

Gannon's Bioinformatics program prepares students for direct entry into bioinformatics careers and provides them with the necessary educational background for further graduate study in bioinformatics. Graduates are well-qualified for jobs in the lucrative biotech industry or to pursue advanced degrees in biology, computer science or computational biology. The bioinformatics major is also compatible with Gannon's pre-medical curriculum.

The types of positions typically listed at the job markets are bioinformatician, biomedical computer scientist, computational biologist, geneticist, biostatistian, biomedical chemist, clinical data manager, software/database programmer, medical/technical writer, and research scientist.

Bioinformatics Job Resources:

  • Biohealthmatics
  • Bioplanet
  • Biotech Career Center

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    Because bioinformatics enables greater understanding of disease at the molecular level, it is transforming the medical community in countless ways -- including drug discovery, diagnostics, treatments and cures.

     
     
     

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