Rossmary Márquez Lameda

About Rossmary Márquez Lameda

Healthcare strategy consultant with a PhD, MPH, and six years at CDC across three roles. Currently on a live client engagement through the ZS-Nucleate C101 Program, focused on life sciences strategy.At CDC, I built intelligence products used by senior leadership, ran structured stakeholder engagements, and delivered strategic recommendations during Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19 responses. including a media intelligence analysis of 498 reports using NLP and thematic analysis. My academic research added 100+ qualitative interviews with patients, providers, and international researchers across the U.S. and Peru, producing three peer-reviewed publications and policy-facing findings on migrant healthcare access.What I bring to life sciences consulting:Primary research depth. I design and run qualitative studies end-to-end: discussion guides, expert interviews, focus groups, coding frameworks, and client-ready synthesis.Mixed-methods and NLP fluency. I\'ve applied Python-based topic modeling alongside traditional qual and quant methods, and can bridge the technical and human sides of insight generation.Executive communication. 40+ analytic reports and 20+ workshops for senior CDC leadership, academic, and policy audiences.Multilingual reach. Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (intermediate). Research conducted across U.S, Latin American, and European contexts.Reach me at rossmarydmarquez [at] gmail.com

Experience

1. Project Intern

   Nucleate

   Feb 2026 — Present

   Selected for a competitive 9-week consulting program developed by Nucleate in partnership with ZS to build a consulting toolkit and apply it to real-world life sciences challenges.↳Working in a team of 4, guided by a ZS mentor, to assess the women\'s health biotech innovation landscape using the Nucleate × Lilly Grand Challenge applicant dataset.↳Mapping trends in therapeutic focus, company stage, and geographic hubs; identified key bottlenecks founders face moving from discovery to clinical development.↳ Presenting findings to sponsor stakeholders on Demo Day (April 2026).

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Master’s Degree, Public Health

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Health Behavior

  2025

• University of Oregon

  Bachelor's Degree, Human Physiology

Skills

• Statistics
• Public Health
• Spanish
• Literature Reviews
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methodologies
• Research
• Community Outreach
• Higher Education
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Nonprofits
• Program Development
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Microsoft Office
• Qualitative Research
• Event Planning
• Fundraising
• Program Management
• Teaching
• Editing
• Program Evaluation
• Volunteer Management
• Microsoft Word
• Public Speaking
• Social Media