Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Benchmarks for this occupation

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• HealthAgentBenchby Microsoft ResearchTask level · Task success rate

  55%Claude Code (Opus 5) · 27 Jul 2026

  Emerging

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in science and research, not always this occupation's tasks.

Direct evidence

Work benchmarks mapped primary to this family. They set the step when they report how many tasks agents complete.

• CORE-Benchby Princeton UniversityTask level · CORE-Bench-Hard accuracy (public test set)

  95.5%Claude Code + Claude Opus 4.5 (after manual regrading) · 3 Dec 2025

  Solved

Also relevant

These benchmarks cover part of this family's work, or have no result yet. They do not set its step.

• OSWorld 2.0by HKU and Snorkel AIProject level · Binary completion rate (full set, 500 steps)

  44.3%Claude Opus 5 (max, batch tool) · 17 Sep 2026

  Emerging
• PaperBenchby OpenAIProject level · Average replication score

  26%IterativeAgent o1-high (36h limit) · 2 Apr 2025

  Emerging
• Terminal-Bench 4.0by Laude Institute and Stanford UniversityTask level · Resolution rate

  64.8%Claude Code + Opus 5.5 (max) · 6 Oct 2026

  Strong

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

• Follow strict safety procedures when handling toxic materials to avoid contamination.
• Evaluate effects of drugs, gases, pesticides, parasites, and microorganisms at various levels.
• Plan and direct studies to investigate human or animal disease, preventive methods, and treatments for disease.
• Prepare and analyze organ, tissue, and cell samples to identify toxicity, bacteria, or microorganisms or to study cell structure.
• Conduct research to develop methodologies, instrumentation, and procedures for medical application, analyzing data and presenting findings to the scientific audience and general public.
• Teach principles of medicine and medical and laboratory procedures to physicians, residents, students, and technicians.
• Write and publish articles in scientific journals.
• Write applications for research grants.
• Standardize drug dosages, methods of immunization, and procedures for manufacture of drugs and medicinal compounds.
• Study animal and human health and physiological processes.
• Investigate cause, progress, life cycle, or mode of transmission of diseases or parasites.
• Use equipment such as atomic absorption spectrometers, electron microscopes, flow cytometers, or chromatography systems.