Welcome to the Physical & Life Sciences interest community!
Members of this community are interested in careers related to the study of non-living systems such as the earth, atmosphere and space or living organisms such as people, animals, and plants.
People who pursue careers in Physical or Life Sciences often work in research roles, which can vary widely in terms of topic, goals, and work setting.
The Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) is a research center housed within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine. They will be providing virtual office hours for …
Take a step into the world of an outbreak investigator! Learn how disease outbreaks – such as COVID-19, Ebola, food-borne illnesses, and pandemic flu – start, spread, and are detected and investigated. You will explore …
PHARM 301 Medications and Health: It’s Not All About Drugs (3) I&S/NWÂ
Covers personal health promotion, treatment of illness, and health care. Explores several medication-related topics, provides insight on drug development and efficacy, and serves as introduction to students contemplating …
The Department of Nephrology at Harborview Medical Center is looking for a volunteer to assist with patient data collection and conducting patient surveys as part of their BLOSSOM study. Here is a link to the study website: https://kri.washington.edu/blossom-study.
LiveWell is hiring for several Peer Health Educator positions, and full-time undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. The Peer Health Education Program uses educational workshops, 1-1 peer wellness coaching, outreach, awareness campaigns, and event programming to promote individual …
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Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
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Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
Considering your career interests and potential trajectories within the physical and life sciences? There are scholarship opportunities that provide both …
Worldwide, more than 2,700 pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies comprise a trillion-dollar industry, with many of the top companies—and one of …