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The program is designed to meet the educational needs of present and future computing professionals, or life/physical scientists interested in starting a career or updating their skills in bioinformatics. Bioinformatics is a growing field with a need for bright people to go out and make research happen. Typical career positions in bioinformatics include software engineering, database design and computational analysis in the biomedical sciences, etc.

Graduates of the program have been successful in finding positions as bioinformatics specialist, computational biologist, computer programmer, senior research associate, and database specialist.         

Institutes and companies that have either hired our graduates or require bioinformaticians include:

• PhysioGenix
• Emory University School of Medicine
• Idaho State University
• Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• WiCell Research Institute - UW-Madison
• UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas
• University of Ohio
• Cornell University
• Burke Medical Research Institute
• Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
• Abbott Labs
• Great Lakes Water Institute

Website for Careers Online in Bioinformatics:

• http://www.oxfordjournals.org/bioinformatics/careers_online.html

Job Board for the International Society for Computational Biology:

• http://www.iscb.org/mem_job_board.php?1

BioPlanet, bioinformatics news:

• http://www.bioplanet.com/index.php 

Employment Statistics/Salary Scale:

• http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/kevin/bioinf/employment.html
• http://www.geocities.com/bioinformaticsweb/carrier.html

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Last updated:  07 Mar 2006 (TK)
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