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Trace the most elemental sources of infectious disease. In Navy Microbiology, you'll conduct classified surveillance on a microscopic front.


Microbiology

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Classification:
Χ Enlisted
√ Officer
Available in:
√ Active Duty
√ Navy Reserve

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U.S. Navy Personnel are specially trained to defend our country. But when it comes to threats of the microscopic kind, the first line of defense is Navy Microbiologists. They combat unique and exotic microorganisms.

Job Description

You’ll primarily focus on the prevention, detection, diagnosis and/or treatment of infectious diseases – conducting worldwide surveillance to mitigate potential threats to Navy and Marine Corps forces. Employing cutting-edge technologies to investigate emerging infectious diseases at the molecular level.

You could serve in any of 20 global locations, performing a wide range of duties, including:

  • Research and development (both medical and nonmedical) overseas in Cairo, Egypt; Lima, Peru; Jakarta, Indonesia; and within the continental U.S. (Washington, D.C., metro area and San Diego, Calif.)
  • Environmental preventive medicine in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and within the continental U.S. (Virginia and California)
  • Clinical microbiology at our three large teaching medical centers in Bethesda, Md.; Portsmouth, Va.; and San Diego, Calif.

You could also:

  • Consult and conduct infectious disease research and participate in operational deployments
  • Conduct defensive research, including vaccine development
  • Supervise clinical/public health microbiology laboratories, with the opportunity to serve as department head, program manager or research director. Senior members may serve as senior scientists or in Navy Executive Medicine as Liaisons, Officers in Charge, Executive Officers and Commanding Officers

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Other Benefits

A career here offers comprehensive benefits, including a competitive salary, full medical and dental coverage, a generous retirement income and much more. Explore comprehensive benefits for the Navy Medical Service Corps.

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Qualifications

Besides requirements for Active Duty employment consideration in the Navy Medical Service Corps, there are additional requirements for Navy Microbiology that apply.

Specific Requirements

  • Master’s degree (M.S./M.A./M.Ph.) or doctoral degree (Ph.D., Dr.PH, D.Sc.) in microbiology or a closely related field, (e.g., bacteriology, biology, botany, epidemiology, immunology, molecular biology, mycology, parasitology, public health or virology)
  • GPA of 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale in graduate studies
  • If biology/botany/epidemiology/public health is a major, several upper-level (300-plus) microbiology courses (eight hours or more), including laboratory, must be part of the candidate’s curriculum

Preferred Requirements

  • Candidates with a doctoral degree have an advantage over M.S./M.A. candidates, since many research job openings require doctorate-level training
  • Author or coauthor of peer-reviewed research in scientific journals
  • Clinical microbiology, infectious disease surveillance or biowarfare defense experience

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Career Outlook

Want to explore further? Check out the Health Care Opportunities area to learn more about the overall mission of Navy Health Care. Or get a specific picture of the unrivaled experiences and real people representing today’s Navy Medical Service Corps.

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