This cash influx is intended to make Canada a world leader in terms of genomics discovery and research. Faye Kert works for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. That's a federal agency responsible for promoting health research in Canada. Careers that relate to medical genomics research are far-reaching. He says you can combine technical and non-technical skills for some jobs in genomics medical research.
Some exciting careers involve combining biology with non-science skills.
Medical scientists typically spend much of their time in labs. They also work in hospitals or clinics administering treatments and drugs to patients in clinical trials. Experts predict the jobs that are being created will be around for a long time because of the complex work to be done. Most of the new jobs will likely be with private companies. The advanced technological nature of functional genomics makes it more difficult for academia and federal labs than commercial firms to keep up.