Marla Delissa Gutierrez, MPH

Bilingual Clinical Research Coordinator and Epidemiologist for the Henry Jackson Foundation with advanced experience coordinating trauma ICU studies under military and academic institutions. Skilled in clinical research protocol development and authorship, informed consent, regulatory submissions, biospecimen tracking, PI binder creation, and public health analysis with a commitment to advancing trauma, infectious disease, and genetic repository data research through interdisciplinary collaboration. Proven track record of leading collaborative studies across military, veteran, and academic institutions including BAMC, San Antonio Audie Murphy VA, NAMRU, 59th MDW, Walter Reed, and Uniformed Services University.

Clinical Research Coordinator II - Henry Jackson Foundation (HJF), Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), US Army Institute for Surgical Research, Uniformed Services University (USU) Department of Su - Fort Sam Houston, TX

(2025-10)

Perform clinical research and patient treatment in conjunction with one or more specified clinical research protocols: support SC2i projects of USU Department of Surgery at US Army ISR and BAMC related to wound care and treatment to predict onset of sepsis after a burn injury and predicting optimal time for wound closure, as well as leverage legacy information from service members, military patients, and critically ill civilian patients to develop biomarker-driven clinical decision tools (CDSTs) with the goal to improve patient outcomes and reducing costs across the injury/disease cycle.

• Review new patient records and screen patients for eligibility in participation of research protocol. Interviews patients for protocols and collects and analyzes appropriate data for recruitment purposes, determine patient commitment and obtains informed consent.
• Educates patients about the research protocol, their roles in the protocols, and any other vital information.
• Collects, organizes, catalogs, disseminates, and maintains appropriate files of current data. Maintains weekly/monthly status reports on all patients.
• Acts as a liaison between patients and physicians and serves as a resource for the patients.
• Transcribes and resolves queries of data in case report forms (hardcopy or electronic) and prepares documents, under direction of project heads.
• Adheres to legal, professional and ethical codes with respect to confidentiality and privacy. Assures that protocol requirements are achieved within Good Clinical Practices.
• Schedules patients for appointments and visits. Assists with monitoring audits/visits for protocols. Travels from their assigned workplace to support protocols at other sites as needed.
• SC2i WounDx Protocol
• SC2i Burn Protocol
• SC2i TDAP
• MTBI^2 Ketamine Protocol
• MTBI^2 ELASTIC Protocol

Clinical Research Coordinator - Ciconix, LLC, Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Joint Austere Medicine Directorate - Fort Sam Houston, TX

(2023-10 - 2025-09)

• Coordinate SC2i-TDAP, ACS ECMO Lactate, and rSO2 trauma ICU studies in collaboration with the 59th Medical Wing and Walter Reed.
• Screen and enroll ICU trauma patients; conduct informed consent with English and Spanish-speaking patients or their LAR.
• Author of the rSO2 protocol, approved through BAMC and WR IRBs.
• Serve as ANCOIC of the trauma research
• Data REDCap entry and PI binder creation.
• Collaborate across leadership for studies with the 59th MDW, BAMC, NAMRU, USU, and WR.
• Contributed to poster presentation accepted at AIM/SURF 2025.

Clinical Research Coordinator and Research Assistant - Foundation for Advancing Veterans' Health Research (FAVHR), Audie L. Murphy VA - San Antonio, TX

(2022-03 - 2023-10)

• Founding team member of the All of Us research program at the VA.
• Promoted to Site Coordinator within 6 months; site ranked highest enrolling in August & November 2022.
• Certified VA Phlebotomy
• Consented, enrolled, and collected vital signs and biospecimens (blood and urine) for Veterans
• Attended national training and presented at VFW National Convention.

Testing Site Specialist - Curative Inc. - Laredo, TX

(2021-10 - 2021-12)

• Operated high-volume COVID-19 testing site in underserved community.
• Managed PHI, test safety compliance, and patient instructions.

Graduate Practicum - UTHSCSA Long School of Medicine Department of Diabetes - San Antonio, TX

(2023-06 - 2023-08)

• Investigated glycemic outcomes post-COVID-19 hospitalization.
• Applied REDCap skills and conducted epidemiological data analysis.

Master of Public Health (MPH) - Epidemiology and Disease Control - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health (2023-12)

Bachelor of Science (BS) - Public Health (Concentration in Epidemiology and Disease Control) - The University of Texas at San Antonio (2021-05)