Careers in Neuroscience

Through 2030, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects significant (17 percent) job growth for medical scientists — a category that includes neuroscientists. They’ll be needed to study new medical treatments as the population ages and develops a resistance to antibiotics.

PH.D. LEVEL RESEARCH

• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center — Postdoctoral Fellow
• University of Alabama-Birmingham — Research Scientist
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Graduate Fellows

PHYSICIANS/PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS/DENTISTS

• Womack Army Medical Center — Emergency Room Physician
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Urology — Physician and Assistant Professor
• Henry Ford Hospital — Physician
• Mayo Clinic — Physician Assistant of Epilepsy
• Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers (Milwaukee, Wis.) — Physician Assistant
• Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington — Physician Assistant
• Children’s Medical Center, Dallas — Neurosurgery Physician Assistant
• Marquette — Dentistry students
• Creighton University Dental School — Dentistry student

NURSING

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago — R.N.
• Froedert Hospital — R.N.
• Aurora Medical Center-Grafton — R.N.
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital — R.N.

B.A. LEVEL RESEARCH

• Medical College of Wisconsin — Animal Lab Technician
• AbbVie — Scientist
• Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison — Research Scientist
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Neurosurgery Lab Tech
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Neurosurgery Research Technologist

B.A. LEVEL HEALTH CARE POSITIONS

• Novant Health — Hyperbaric Technician/Wound Care
• Hennepin County Medical Center — Psychometrist
• Mercy Health System — Autism Technician
• Kenosha Community Health Center — Quality Coordinator
• United Allergy Services — Clinical Allergy Specialist

OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

• Mayo Clinic — Physical Therapy Student
• UW-Milwaukee — Occupational Therapy Student
• Medical College of Wisconsin — Pharmacy Student
• UW-Madison — Veterinary Student
• University of Bonn (Germany) — Graduate Fellow
• Mayo Clinic — Surgical Pathology Fellow

• Indiana University
• Mayo Clinic
• Medical College of Wisconsin
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• University of Illinois-Chicago
• University of Alabama-Birmingham
• Rosalind Franklin University
• New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Loyola University of Chicago
• Midwestern University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Marquette University
• University of Washington
• Roosevelt University
• Washington University 
• Southern Illinois University