Possible Careers
Check possible careers with a degree in Neuroscience
- Research lab head (principal investigator), running a lab of scientist, post-docs, technicians and students
- Other research positions in an academic lab- research scientist, technician, lab manager
- Professor
- Instructor, lecturer, or guest lecturer
- Run an academic program (advisor, coordinator, etc)
- Elementary, junior high, high school science teacher
- Work to improve funding for science education
- Teach abroad about Neuroscience
- Scientific journal editor
- Scientific journalist at major news outlets
- Creative writing about the brain – write books for children, etc.
- Write biographies for famous neuroscientist
- Web design and writing for the NIH or other neuroscience organizations
- Science education blogger
- Produce science education material web/print
- Clinical psychologist (could specialize in behavioral neuroscience)
- Physician (MD or DO)
- Optometrist
- Nurse
- Nurse practitioner or physician’s assistant
- Speech & language therapist
- Occupational therapist
- Physical therapist
- Nutritionist
- Social worker
- Clinical research
- Pharmacist
- MRI technician
- Technician for other neurological procedures (surgical neurophysiologist)
- Radiation physicist
- Administrator or coordinator in health care settings
- Run a public service project in an underserved area with limited medical care
- Run a clinical research project in another country
- Work for the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) or State Department of Health
- Global health reporting and/or data collection
- Careers at UN, NGOs, MSF, OXFAM, USAID, World Bank
- Neuroeconomist or economics consultant
- Administrator at private companies, non-profit foundation, government institution, or academic program
- Marketing or advertising consultant
- Equity consultant, analyst or broker for an equity firm, venture capitalist or hedge fund
- Spokesperson for a neuro-company; education public on research going on within the company
- Patent lawyer
- Consultant
- Work for a governmental office (CDC, NIH, FDA, etc)
- Capitol Hill Staffer (science/health-related initiatives)
- Congressional advisor (advise on policy for the care of people with neurodevelopmental disease, intellectual disabilities, autism, epilepsy, etc)
- Advise on policy for the care of persons with psychiatric problems, etc
- Grants administrator and/or reviewer (Program manager- NSF, NIH)
- Global Health Organizations
- Graphic designer for any company/organization on this list
- Design web-based scientific education material
- Science consultant for the media
- Artist specializing in how the brain perceives thing
- Architect who specializes in how the brain perceives spaces, color, texture, emotion, etc
- Toy designer- use knowledge to make brain developing toys
- Musician/instructor
- Write neurosci-fi screenplays
- Web design, art, and/or writing for any neuroscience organization
