| Date that you are completing this form: | July 23, 1997 |
| Gender? | m |
| Ethnicity? | w |
| Current city, state (if applicable), and country? | San Francisco |
| Formal job title? | Professor |
| What is a brief description of your job? | Teach, do research |
| What topic of study currently call for the majority of your time? | |
| Pain relief, nerve injury, drug addiction | |
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| What is the minimum degree that is required for your career? | MD |
| What field of undergraduate major do you recommend for your career? | Biology |
| What educational degree is expected of most people in your career? | Doctorate |
| As a beginning worker, what range can you expect to earn in your career? | If this is important, seek another career. |
| How much do experienced workers earn in your career? | Depends on rank, anywhere from 70 to 150K |
| What is the approximate number of people working in your career inyour country? | 200,000 |
| What type of science education is required in your career? | Through PhD in biology, chemistry |
| What work skills do you use on a daily basis? | Clear thinking, statistics |
| What are your working conditions? Dress codes? Environment (Indoor or Outdoor)? | Laboratory, where what you want. |
| Are you working in isolation or with a team of co-workers or subordinates? | Team |
| What has been the biggest challenges you have faced on the job? | Competition |
| What has been the most memorable experience on the job? | Discovering something important and new. |
| How did your interest in this career develop? | In college, Psychology courses and physiology seminar series. |
| What advice do you have for students interested in your career? | Do what interests you, learn how to do technically difficult things. |
| What science courses do you recommend for high school students planning to enter your career? | Lots of math and physics, psychology if it is offered |
| What are the leading colleges or universities in this field? What institution(s) of higher education do you recommend for students pursing our career out of the before mentioned? | Doesn't matter that much. |
| How is the future projection for jobs in this career? Will there be an increase in demand in the future? | Predicting the future in this area would be unscientific. If you are excellent, you will get a job. It is only the average people that need to worry. |
| How do you utilize the Internet on a daily basis? | Everything |
| With regard to your profession, which web sites do you recommend for students interested in your field? | National Institutes of Health and here at UCSF, the Keck Center for Ntegrative Neuroscience |
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| What is your name? | Howard L. Fields MD PHD Department of Neurology Box 0114- UCSF San Francisco, CA 94143 |
| Would you like to receive questions and/or comments by students interested in your field? | NO |
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