[Career review] “Pandemic prevention and biosecurity” by Aaron Gertler, Gregory Lewis

Explore how careers in biosecurity research, policy, and entrepreneurship can help reduce risks like engineered pandemics. Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(02:18) Recommended(02:27) Review status(02:32) Why work on pandemic prevention?(02:37) It could save millions of lives(03:32) It isnt very speculative(04:23) There are many tractable approaches(05:27) It doesnt require working on AI(06:28) What does this path involve?(07:39) Technical careers(09:28) Policy careers(11:00) Entrepreneurial and operations careers(13:41) Other careers(14:36) Could you be a good fit?(14:40) The best backgrounds and skill sets(19:24) What do you want from a job?(21:05) Four ways to test your fit(22:51) Guidance for experienced professionals(23:51) Find jobs in pandemic prevention and biosecurity(24:37) Learn more(24:40) Top recommendations(25:20) Other resources(26:17) Further recommendations The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration. --- First published: October 19th, 2021 Last updated: April 11th, 2023 Source: https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/pandemic-prevention-biosecurity --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.