Work in the Field
Laboratory Scientists/Technicians
Requirements
- Degree or diploma in laboratory technology or degree in microbiology with applied medical parasitology and bacteriology
- Experience with sample-taking (blood, stool, sputum)
- Knowledge of laboratory testing quality-control methods
- Managerial, training, and supervisory experience
Assets
- Knowledge of epidemiology and tropical disease
- Experience using laboratory software packages and carrying out surveys
Laboratory scientists and technicians are the lifeblood of MSF's work with infectious diseases. Whether you are managing a laboratory to test for tuberculosis, introducing quality control to an HIV laboratory, or testing people for sleeping sickness in an outdoor mobile clinic, your expertise is invaluable to MSF's work.
