Biography and education
Dr. Ramamonjiarivelo is an Associate Professor at the School of Health Administration, College of Health Professions, at Texas State University. She has taught several undergraduate and graduate courses in health administration and public health.
Dr. Ramamonjiarivelo’s research interests include healthcare organization studies consisting of the factors associated with the strategic decision making of healthcare organizations and the impact of such decisions on organizational performance, as well as health disparities, health care disparities, health care quality, patient experience, service-learning, and long-term care.
Dr. Ramamonjiarivelo’s research interests include healthcare organization studies consisting of the factors associated with the strategic decision making of healthcare organizations and the impact of such decisions on organizational performance, as well as health disparities, health care disparities, health care quality, patient experience, service-learning, and long-term care.
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Stigler Granados, Paula Elaine (Principal), Percent Contribution: %30, Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %12. Raising Awareness of Chagas Disease in the United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Federal, $433331. (Funded: September 30, 2020 - September 29, 2025). Grant.
- Sen, Keya (Principal), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Supporting). Assessing the effect of health literacy intervention for chronic disease management in older women, Williamson Fund, CHP, Texas State University, $10000. (Funded: June 2025 - August 2025). Grant.
- Sen, Keya (Principal), Song, Ahyoung (Supporting), Park, Gloria Youngju (Supporting), Mohan, Ranjini (Supporting), Ari, Arzu (Supporting), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Supporting). Geriatric Health Fair, HEB, Texas State University, Translational Health Research Center, AGE of Central Texas, Bluebonnet Trails Community Services, Medical Reserve Corps Unit, Area Agency on Aging & ADRC of the Capital Area, HEB, $1500. (Funded: June 2025 - August 2025). Grant.
- Song, Ahyoung (Principal), Sen, Keya (Co-Principal), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Co-Principal), Park, Gloria Youngju (Co-Principal), Mohan, Ranjini (Co-Principal), Ari, Arzu (Co-Principal). Pathways to Care: Identifying Hidden Health Issues in Geriatric Populations by Providing Comprehensive Health Screening and Wellness Information, Williamson Fund Geriatric Health and Long-Term Care Research , College of Health Professions, Texas State University, Texas State University, $10000. (Submitted: February 14, 2025). Grant.
- Beauvais, Bradley Michael (Principal), Mileski, Michael (Co-Principal), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Co-Principal), Lee, Kimberly Ann (Supporting), Betancourt, Jose Alberto (Supporting), Pradhan, Rohit (Supporting). The Association Between Facility Affiliations and Revenue Generation in Skilled Nursing Facilities – An Exploratory Study, Williamson Fund, Texas State University, $2500. (Submitted: June 2023, Funded: June 2023 - August 2023). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Beauvais, B. M., Pradhan, R., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Mileski, M., & Shanmugam, R. (2024). When Agency Fails: An Analysis of the Association Between Hospital Agency Staffing and Quality Outcomes. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 1361–1372. https://doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S459840
- Patien, J. E., Zengul, F., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., McRoy, L., & Weech-Maldonado, R. (2023). Resources availability and COVID-19 mortality among US counties. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1–7. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1098571
- Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Betancourt, J. A., Cruz, J. E., & Fulton, L. V. (2023). The Predictive Factors of Hospital Bankruptcy. Healthcare, 11(2). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11020165
- Henderson, V., Madrigal, J., Kendall, L., Parekh, P., Newsome, J., Chukwudozie, I. B., … Hoskins, K. F. (2022). Pilot study of a culturally sensitive intervention to promote genetic counselling. BMC Health Services Research, 22(826), 1–9. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08193-x
- Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Osborne, R., Renick, O., & Sen, K. (2022). Assessing the effectiveness of intergenerational virtual service-learning on loneliness and ageism: A pre-post study. Healthcare, 10(5), 1–10. https://doi.org/doi: 10.3390/healthcare10050893
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper - Innovative Teaching Award, Green Cities conference. March 2022 - June 21, 2022
- Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Scholarship -Associate Professor, College of Health Professions. August 2019 - May 2020
- Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award in Contribution to Knowledge Management, The Glogal Interdisciplinary Green Cities Conference. April 13, 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Second Place Best Poster Award, Association of University Programs in Health Administration. June 4, 2024 - June 6, 2024
- Award / Honor Recipient: Distinguished Reviewer of the Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy, Journal of Hospital Management and Health Policy. October 1, 2021 - December 31, 2022

Featured service activities
- Member
Health Administration Undergraduate Admission Committee
- Reviewer / Referee
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
- Reviewer / Referee
BMC Nursing
- Member
Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio Committee Member for Executive MHA students
- Other
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education
- Reviewer / Referee
Cancers