Degree Needed for Medical Research

[mutzy188]

Hi everyone.
I am currently a junior in college majoring in biochemistry. I want to be able to do some sort of medical research. I want to conduct experiments that I come up with or help to come up with, rather than performing experiments for other people. What kind of professional degree would I need to do this? And would I have to go to graduate school or medical school?

Thanks

 

[Choppy]

Medical school trains you to practice medicine. Graduate school trains you to do research. That being said, many MDs are involved in research - but often their contributions will be on the level of defining protocols, recruiting patients, or evaluating outcomes. "Medical research" is a broad term. A botanist, a physicist, a mathematician, and a kinesiologist can all do research related to medicine.