OITE’s Career Options Series will give you a snapshot overview of different career paths. The goal of this series is to help you explore a variety of different options by connecting you to new resources.  A large part of making a good career decision is done by gathering information about that field.  We encourage you to follow up this online research by conducting informational interviews with individuals in each field. Search the NIH Alumni Database to find alums doing similar work. 

While news on the job market is still grim, there are a few areas that are growing in spite of the down economy - some of which have more jobs than viable candidates to fill them. One such sector is regulatory science, a field that has been growing steadily for the past several years. Regulatory science includes: