Here are some resources to begin researching the plethora of potential career fields for those that choose a STEM field. For job and internship postings, as well as networking opportunities, check our career opportunities page, where we will post updates periodically.
Potential Career Fields
Academia
Business & Law
Creative
Global Health
Government-Related
Health-Related
Writing & Publishing
- Research (PI, pre-doc, post-doc, technician, volunteer)
- Professor or Teacher
- Dean or Director of an Academic Program
Business & Law
- Health Consultant
- Neuroeconomist
- Marketing or Advertising Consultant (biological basis and components of decision making)
- Equity Consultant, Analyst, or Broker for an Equity Firm, Venture Capitalist or Hedge Fund with focus on evaluating biotech and pharmaceutical companies and major health companies
- Patent Lawyer
Creative
- Design web-based STEM education material
- Science Consultant for TV
- Architect (or Artist) who specializes on how brain perceives spaces, color, texture, and emotion
- Toy Designer
Global Health
- Work at UN, MSF, WHO, OXFAM, USAID, World Bank, Partner's in Health, Smile Train, Doctor's Without Border, other NGO's
- Global Health Reporting and/or Data Collection
- Design or Work for Clinical Research Project Abroad
- Run or Work for a Public Service Clinic in a Developing Nation
Government-Related
- Lobbying (improve funding for science education, particular disease)
- Researcher or Administrator at NIH, DERPA, CDC, FDA
- Capitol Hill Staffer or Congressional Advisor with focus on science and health-related initiatives
- Grants Administrator and/or Reviewer
Health-Related
- Physician, Psychologist, Nurse, Medical Assistant, Medical Technician, Optometrist, Podiatrist, Chiropractor
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist
- Audiologist
- Nutritionalist
- Social Worker
- Clinical Researcher
- Pharmacist
- MRI technician
- Radiation Physicist
- Administrator, Coordinator, or Executive of a Hospital or Health Organization
Writing & Publishing
- Scientific Journal Editor
- Scientific Journalist
- Creative Writing about STEM
- Writing for STEM organizations
- produce Science Education Material