Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
The short answer
This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 761 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with more than half of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.
AI can help with or automate about 86% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, or chromatography systems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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