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Subject: WHAT'S YOUR OPINION?  Bioinformatics or Medical Informatics
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What is your opinion, which field gives you more job opportunities, better
job satisfaction, job security, etc.: bioinformatics or medical informatics.

Here is the scenario: You have a foreign M.D. but no license practicing
medicine in the U.S., demonstrated success in molecular and cell biology
research in the U.S., and want to apply for a graduate program in
bioinformatics or medical informatics, what do you think, which field is
better for you in the long run if, personally, you have equal attraction to
both.

Thank you for your input



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