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Just obtained my Ph.D. in pathology and cell biology with a research focus on the molecular mechanisms that drive ovarian cancer progression. Hope you stick around! xoxo
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What is up my friends?! I hope you enjoyed this video! Let me know if you like academic videos and let me know if you are in university right now making professional school decisions! I have a chest/shoulders workout video coming next 🙂 Much love! xoxo
PhD. I love biology🤓
I want to become an Anesthesiology, but I want to discover about cure cancer and such. I'm in my second year of Medical Technology Sciences btw
"If you love science and are NOT a people person, they do a PhD" 😂
As a PhD student in infectious disease and outbreak detection… I can fully appreciate this statement and I find myself saying it too often whenever I think could've made more money as an MD 💸😂
What about if you're a MD/PHD?
I am not a people person and I somewhat kinda likes research too but I don't really think I'm smart enough to have a PhD. Not to mention that it has a low rate of employment. I want to be an MD but I'm not really fond of people. I like to help people and I also love mind challenging things and I think both of them has it but I'm still stuck.
There's so much biology out there that isn't medical based! Don't forget us ecologists!
OH. MY. GOSH!!! I can not thank you enough. Thank you so much for the in depth information. Thank you for data and personal opinion. Knowing how someone who’s actually participated in this, makes it easier for me to decide. I truly appreciate it. I’ll definitely be adding this to my playlist!! BE BLESSED!!😘😘
I am so sorry for US's education system. Getting into so much debt for your education is so shitty 🙁
As an engineering PhD the numbers there look more uh positive .
Stephanie what kind of video editor platform do you use for this video? Thank you!
Someone please help me! Currently I am at senior year of Medicine bachelor. Where am I eligible to apply to Masters? I was thinking about biomedical engineering, but turns out I’d have to do it from scratch…
Nice Video
Stephanie, MD's don't "treat and prevent disease", not even close! They merely suppress symptoms with drugs.
They keep the fire contained to one room instead of putting it out.
Beautifully presented and summarized. Both MD and PhD programs are rigorous. If one is completely going to grad/med school purely for the financial payoff, I would agree that the MD route is the best to take. I know a guy who has an MD/DMD and is an oral surgeon, works in a group of 4, and makes really good money (400-500k/year, so he tells me).
Ma'am, can do MD after completing my B Tech biomedical engineerig …
PhD is so broad though that I feel that can skew the numbers. Getting a PhD in molecular bio or biomed engineering could land you a great job in the quickly developing biotech industry in developing medications and whatnot. But getting a PhD in a less popular and less lucrative subject (like western art or something idk) would drag those PhD averages down. I guess what I’m eluding to with the MD vs PhD is that it’s more apples to oranges than it would originally appear. Hopefully that makes sense…I’d really like to get your thoughts on this and if this came up when doing research for this video.
this is so helpful!
fuck yea i want phd
god help me
Thank you for this insight … 'twas super helpful
Thinking about getting EdD myself. Getting ready to apply. These videos make me feel better although I am 3 years late.
As a future PhD and professional student I wanted to know where you got all your information because it seems to me like it's all opinion. I would have said something like this is just all my opinion and I've stated as something that's actual because it will be a turn-off to someone that's trying to go on further to learning. As a mentor and as a minority I could tell you one thing that it doesn't make sense what you're saying because I have noticed that it's not based on what kind of education you have it's based on your Innovation as a person and how much you're willing to sacrifice and commit yourself to making it periods people make generalizations all the time but is up to the person to decide what they're going to do and where they're getting their resources or how their marketing themselves to make it. And about income there's been numerous amount of people that didn't go to school or if they did go to school they decide what they want to do and they could take it as far as they want so it doesn't make sense on where you got your figures and you didn't really stay where you got them so it just doesn't make any sense what you've been talkin about. I'm also aware that a lot of times you'll get to wear your want because of your looks but one day they fade and it's up to you and your knowledge and what you've established yourself for as in a career-wise and your type of Lifestyle. No one could really dictate what you're going to do or what who you're going to be because in the long run it's what you choose to do and become in life.
Great video, informative and helpful. You mentioned that you have multiple master degrees, may I ask what are they? I also hold multiple master degrees and I am considering getting my PhD.
Very very helpful! I am currently an international medical graduate (IMG), I also have studied biotechnology. I have been struggling between a clinical path and research because I like both. Maybe someday I obtain a Ph.D., but after you clarifying me some things, I'll try to match into residency, and if I can't, I have 2 master's degrees in my mind.
In my country student debt is non-existent
This video was fantastic and I plan to show it to every STEM student I mentor! I have a PhD in neuroscience and went straight from grad school to a non-reseach role in industry (minus a year or to of contract work…). I knew I always wanted to work in pharma and when I was in grad school I saw how grim it was for my friends who wanted to pursue a path in academia. One thing I would recommend is that if you ever do a future video on this topic to look at those who pursue a PharmD. I wish I had known more about this option when I was an undergrad. I thought being a PharmD meant you were stuck at CVS for the rest of your life but PharmD's are highly sought after in industry. Also, your estimates for what a PhD makes in industry for a salary are really on the low side, especially if you factor in bonuses and stock options. Love your videos!!!!
I don't normally comment on youtube videos but as a failed Ph.D. student, I feel compelled to comment. I hate comparisons between an M.D. and a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences. I understand that the two often work together and most Ph.D. programs in biomedical sciences work out of medical schools or are assigned to medical schools. However, the two vary greatly in terms of employability, salary, and duties.
One thing to keep in mind is an M.D. can do biomedical research (Ph.D. type research). A quick google search of the top medical research universities in the United States confirms many M.Ds do in fact have labs and do biomedical research in addition to their clinical duties. The real difference is that a Ph.D. can NEVER have clinical duties for obvious reasons. Many Ph.D. students even are assigned to M.Ds as I was when I was a graduate student. Even to further complicate matters, PharmDs, DDS, and DVMs also are capable of having biomedical research labs. It makes one wonder why to pursue a Ph.D. at all if there are alternatives to pursuing biomedical research as a career but I guess there are other reasons.
I've been to enough career seminars where people try to compare pathways between an MD or Ph.D. and all I can say is you simply can't or shouldn't. The two degrees are not on an equal playing field. I'm sorta hand waving, if not outright ignoring the elephant in the room but it has more to do with me trying to not have a "wall-of-text."
The last thing I want to mention is the job market for PhDs in the life sciences is absolutely atrocious and has been for some time with it getting steadily worse. The short answer is that there are far too many PhDs in the job market than there jobs. If you're not crushing it in graduate school with publications in Nature and Cell, I think you'll find yourself doing the eternal post-doc for a good part of your career/life until you can find a better-paying position. You should also keep in mind that salaries in post-docs can vary wildly and are nowhere near close to what an M.D. will earn after they complete a residency program. I can't really speak about the industry but I heard it's even harder to get into the industry than it is to get a postdoc at a top-tier institution.
Tl;DR, Even though you shouldn't compare the two, I recommend doing an M.D. over a Ph.D. for the simple fact that an M.D. can do biomedical research just as well as a Ph.D.