pharmacologist
Pharmacologists study the manner in which drugs and medicaments interact with organisms, living systems, and their parts (i.e. cells, tissues, or organs). Their research aims at identifying substances that can be ingested by humans and that exert adequate biochemical functions for curing illnesses.
Also called: pharmacology studies research analyst, pharmacology studies researcher, pharmacology analyst, pharmacologists, pharmacology scientist, pharmacology research analyst, pharmacology studies scholar, pharmacology scholar
- 55
- essential skills
- 34
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2131
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Essential skills
55- analyse medication's impact on brain
- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- biological chemistry
- cancer risks
- communicable diseases
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- conduct research across disciplines
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- evaluate research activities
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- laboratory techniques
- life sciences
- maintain laboratory equipment
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage personal professional development
- manage research data
- medicines
- mentor individuals
- microbiology-bacteriology
- mix chemicals
- operate open source software
- perform diagnostic testing for allergies
- perform laboratory tests
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- pharmaceutical chemistry
- pharmaceutical drug development
- pharmaceutical legislation
- pharmaceutical technology
- pharmacology
- pharmacovigilance legislation
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- publish academic research
- record test data
- research design
- run laboratory simulations
- scientific literature
- speak different languages
- synthesise information
- think abstractly
- toxicology
- wear appropriate protective gear
- work safely with chemicals
- write scientific publications
Optional skills
34- analyse blood samples
- analyse cell cultures
- apply blended learning
- archive scientific documentation
- assess environmental impact
- assist in clinical trials
- biology
- chemical preservation
- computational chemistry
- conduct experiments on animals
- contribute to registration of pharmaceutical products
- control production
- develop pharmaceutical drugs
- develop scientific research protocols
- develop scientific theories
- develop vaccines
- general medicine
- genomics
- improve safety of medicines
- industrial research and development
- manage adverse reactions to drugs
- manufacture medicines
- medical mycology
- monitor patients during clinical tests
- multidisciplinary research
- nuclear medicine
- pharmaceutical industry
- pharmaceutical manufacturing quality systems
- phytotherapy
- professional documentation in health care
- provide specialist pharmaceutical advice
- recommend product improvements
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- write research proposals
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