Virologist
"One of the many critters that shape the world"
Basic Imformation about this job;
- $77,000 salary of average virologist, a good thing for virologist with a family of 3 or higher, or even for a bachelor who enjoys a large one-person salary.
- Work mostly in labarotories or universities.
- Work minimum 46 hours a week, sometimes night shifts.
- Discover new viruses and their purposes.
- Disrupting the reproduction of Viruses, causing less spread of illnesses such as Polio, Breast Cancer and so on, making people more healthy.
- Study the structure of viruses and how to prevent them.
- Can be serving as teachers, advisers and strong research teams in viral outbreaks around the world.
- Learn the identity of viruses causing plant or human epidemics.
- Learn about the viral evolution and reproduction for finding and eliminating viruses
- Work to end viral spread and preventing infections like AIDS
The Pros and Cons of a Virologist
- Average Virologist makes $77,000 a year, plus more with higher education, which is good for virologists with families and children, and who like to spend money.
- Using high-tech technology you can have maximum efficiency studying the structure of Viruses, creating more accurate research, and further helping stop diseases in humans/nature
- Work in strong research groups to work together and help stop viral infections, good for people who like to band up and attack problems head-on.
Cons:
- Long hours, sometimes working night shifts, bad for people who have a family or people with other jobs/hobbies/occupations.
- Working in Universities away from home, bad for people with large vehicles, costing extra gas and time to come to work.
- If not careful, you can acquire a viral desease and/or infection that can prove very harmful left untreated, bad for people who care about their health.
What do I need to do in High School as well as College to become a Virologist?
To be a virologist, you need a bachelor's degree in a life science discipline such as microbiology, biochemistry, plant pathology, or genetics. You should take courses in biochemistry, molecular biology, computer science, and mathematics. It is important for you to get research experience during an internship or while taking courses.
In high school, take college preparatory courses in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Participate in science fairs and science clubs and, if possible, work in a laboratory during the summer.
Medical College of Wisconsin
Medical College of Wisconsin
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
(414) 955-8296
Cons:
- Study the structure of viruses, takes more time, can hold some people back who want to focus more on the more complicated parts of viral structure.
- Interdisciplinary program(IDP)are mandatory and require extra planning and much more time and energy diverted from regular course and other free time
- Learn virus functions, which takes a lot of time, bad for people with not much time
Pros:
- Lots of Teachers with varying backgrounds, good for a good inderstanding in dealing with a problem
- Small class sizes, good for more independent workers.
Case Western Reserve University
© 2015 Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Cons:
- Requires three years to complete a full course, requires less time compared to other colleges.
- Must complete a minimum of sixteen hours of additional credit hours of advanced course work.
- Students also participate in formal and informal seminars, with other prominent outspeakers, can be extra work and more stressful for people with other courses.
Pros:
- Works on written, oral, and presentation skills in presenting ideas before graduating the course, good for increasing skill in presenting certain ideas for a company/job.
- Large University, good for social people who like to interact a lot with peers.
- Learn more ways of presenting projects/ideas, good for people who want to work on their presenting skills.
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906 • Advising: (765) 494-1771 • Administration: (765) 494-1729, Fax: (765) 494-1736 • Contact Us
Cons:
- Explore diseases such as AIDS, long and tedious and very hard
- No wrestling, I like the sport
- Small dorms, I like a lot of room.
Pros:
- Learn about viral evolution, handy information when going into the field and knowing what stage a virus is in
- Learn about the nature of vision assembly, good information for learning how to kill viruses.
- Learn interactions between viruses and animal hosts, good for interpreting symptoms of sick animals and strange behavior.
Associations:
Temple University School of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience
Center for Neurovirology
3500 North Broad Street, Room 741
Philadelphia, PA 19140
http://www.isnv.org
Phone: 215-707-9788
Fax: 215-707-9838
E-mail: jnv@jneurovirol.com
IAS-USA
425 California Street, Suit 1450,
San Francisco, Phone: 920-415-544-9400
Fax: 920-415-544-9401 email: info"at"IAS.Org