AboutDavid Scott Expertise I can answer logistical questions concerning the clinical research process. I understand the process of study acquisition, contract and budget negotiation, regulatory, advertising, patient accrual, and data management
Experience
Past/Present clients We work with the pharmaceutical industry, and have had contracts with more than 100 pharmaceutical companies.
I'm graduating high school soon and want to be a scientist, but I'm not sure which degree would be best.
I prefer Biomedical Science because it's more focused on the human body (anatomy etc), but Biotechnology is a booming industry.
Can you offer some advice as to which route I should follow. I think my heart is in Biomedical, but I don't want to spend years in a degree only to find that Biotech has taken over the world lol.
Thank you,
Chase
Answer You are asking for my opinion..so here it is:
Biomedical Science encompasses so many fields of exciting, current, relevant research. This is the field I am in.
You might, one day, find you are great at improving x-ray equipment, or you have an idea to improve the effectiveness of a birth control patch, or you are good at reducing the size of capsules based on the size of the ingredients...
Biotechnology will become important because the World is populating at such a rapid rate, and resources are becoming more difficult to share...The Biotechnologists will (and are) develop(ing) better foods more effectively and although this is a controversial area, it is more likely that success in this field will change the planet.
So, do you want to make an impact on a global scale? (Biotechnology)
Or, do you want to make an impact on a segment of the medical community? (Biomedical Science)
I think you see my answer.
Choose Biotechnology, the results you can achieve are the stuff people dream about.
And, one day, when someone asks what you do for a living...
You can say you are working to make the World a better place.
