Jessica Yohana Ramírez
150 Rue Ste-Norbert Ap 108, Montreal, QC H2X 1G6

SUMMARY: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with emphasis in Scientific Data Analysis with more than 4 years of
experience in Health Science and management of employees.

LANGUAGE AND SKILLS
• English, French and Spanish (fluent)
• MS Office, Macintosh, SAS (under Windows and Solaris), InforSense KDE (drug discovery), Visual
Basic, and Access
Research / laboratory:
• Extensive skills of a wide variety of pathology, surgery, necropsy, tissue collection and drug
administration
• Machine-learning (data mining), exploratory data analysis, traditional statistical analysis and
visualization techniques
• Research preparation, development, writing and presentation of comprehensive reports

EDUCATION
Master of Science – Department of Animal Science 2007
McGill University, Montreal, QC
CUM GPA: 3.93

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Scientist 2002
University of Applied and Environmental Sciences (UDCA), Bogotá, Colombia
1st position in class
2nd position in department

WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant 2007 – Present
McGill University, Montreal, QC
• Data analysis of large datasets using standard statistical analysis, data mining and visualization
techniques.
• Identification of hidden interactions or patterns in extremely large datasets.
• Planning and development scientific research and documentation of results throughout scientific
writing and presentations.

Teaching Assistant – Mammalian Physiology and Biochemistry 2006-2007
McGill University, Montreal, QC
• Prepared animal and tissue samples and organized laboratory equipment.
• Demonstrated necropsy, and multiple laboratory techniques

Veterinarian Medical Doctor and Administrator 2002-2005
Induganavet Ltda., Bogotá, Colombia
• Provided animal health care assistance through surgery, treatment and control of diseases.
• Provided administrate support and management of personnel.
• Performed (intra-vaginal and surgical) embryo transfer and artificial insemination.

Veterinary Medical Doctor and Administrative Assistant 2001-2002
Inversiones Tierra India, Villavicencio, Colombia
• Provided animal health care assistance through surgery, treatment and control of diseases.
• Evaluated epidemiological risks present at the region working in conjunction with the Agrarian
Colombian Institute (ICA).
• Analyzed epidemiological data.

Veterinary Medical Doctor (Internship) 2000
Hacienda La Duquesa, Tolima, Colombia
• Provided health care of a porcine farm.
• Evaluated productive efficiency in porcine.
• Supervised nutritional and breeding programs in beef cattle.

Veterinary Medical Doctor Assistant (Internship) 1999
Zoo Santafé, Medellin, Colombia
• Provided health care to wild animals.
• Analyzed parasitological samples.
• Evaluated parasitological problems of red howler monkeys (Alouatta seniculus).

SCHOLARSHIPS
• McGill Graduate Studies Fellowship (MGSF) ($5,000) 2006-2007
McGill Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office

• McGill Department of Animal Science and Faculty Awards
($10,000/an) 2006-2007
Novalait - Valacta funding

• McGill Department of Animal Science ($13,000/an) 2005-2007
Internal funding

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Ramírez J., Lefebvre D., and Wade K. M. 2007. Factors affecting milk urea nitrogen in dairy cattle.
Proceedings of the 2007 Joint Annual Meeting ADSA – PSA – AMPA – ASAS. San Antonio, USA. Paper No.
517.

Ramírez J., Cue R. I., Lefebvre D., and Wade K. M. (In Preparation). Machine-learning analysis to test
interactions among factors altering milk urea nitrogen in Quebec dairy herd data.

Ramírez J., and Wade K. M. (In preparation). Decision-tree and visualization techniques applied to milk-urea-
nitrogen data.

REFERENCES
Available upon request