Careers
Medical Laboratory Scientists serve in roles in the workplace, including:
- Medical laboratory generalists in hospitals, clinics, or in reference laboratories
- Medical laboratory specialists in areas of the clinical laboratory, such as microbiology & virology, chemistry & toxicology, hematology (stem cell, bone marrow labs), transfusion medicine, molecular biology, and flow cytometry
- Medical laboratory management including supervisors, managers of laboratory departments, and laboratory directors
- Quality assurance professionals in the hospital or in pharmaceutical quality control industry
- Sales or technical representatives for biomedical firms
- Research or development specialists in laboratory industries
- Medical research associates in medical trial organizations
- Laboratory information systems specialists in hospitals or biomedical companies
- Infection control officers in hospital or clinics
- Educators for employee training programs or formal academic MLS programs
- Forensic scientists in governmental or commercial laboratories
- Medical laboratory scientists in veterinary laboratories
