A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn

Re:A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn by foobarqux on Friday January 09, 2015 @02:45PM (#8864043)

Can you elaborate on MD/PhD? What positions are these exactly and what qualifies as "insane" pay?

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Re:A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn by Fomite on Friday January 09, 2015 @04:04PM (#8864495)

"Insane" pay is, in my experience, not actually insane. Really good, solid six-figures, but not insane.

Most MD/PhD positions are doing research directly applicable to medical treatments and/or clinical trials. And it's definitely possible to be an MD/PhD and not be paid a tremendous amount.

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Re:A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn by ryanSrich on Friday January 09, 2015 @05:43PM (#8864968)

Duke has an MD/PHD medical scientist degree - http://mstp.duke.edu/

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Re:A Career in Science Will Cost You Your Firstborn by porejide on Friday January 09, 2015 @06:25PM (#8865136)

So do most medical schools in the US.

Eg, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_Scientist_Training_Prog...

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