Faculty Profile for Dr. Zo H Ramamonjiarivelo

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Dr. Zo H Ramamonjiarivelo
Associate Professor — School of Health Administration
ENC 250
phone: (512) 245-3497
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

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, such as health care statistics, managerial epidemiology, health policy, introduction to public health, strategic management, research methods, organizational behavior, health care quality improvement, and history of health care administration, among others.
Dr. Ramamonjiarivelo’s research interests include the factors associated with the strategic decision making of health care organizations and the impact of such decisions on organizational performance, as well as health disparities, health care disparities, health care quality, patient experience, and service-learning.

Teaching Interests

 Health Care Quality Improvement
Strategic Planning
Health Care Organizations

Research Interests

 Factors associated with organizational strategic decisions
The impact of strategic decisions on organizational performance
Health disparities
Health care quality
Patient experience
Health Disparities
Health Care Disparities
Patient experience
Service-Learning

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Pradhan, R., Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Dolezel, D. M., Wood, D., & Shanmugam, R. (2024). Agency Staffing and Hospital Financial Performance: Insights and Implications. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, (16), 365–374. https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S470175
  • 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

Selected 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: Second Place Best Poster Award, AUPHA. 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
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2022 Presidential Distinction for Excellence in Teaching, College of Health Professions. August 2021 - August 2022

Selected Grants

  • Biediger-Friedman, Lesli M (Principal), Qasem, Apan Muhammad (Co-Principal), Villagran, Melinda Morris (Co-Principal), Johnson, Cassandra (Co-Principal), Renick, Cecil O (Co-Principal), Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Supporting), Mendez, Francis A (Supporting), Sen, Keya (Supporting), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Supporting), Shanmugam, Ram (Supporting), Charles, Joni S J (Supporting). NUEVA - Nutrition for Underserved Elders Via Application, United States Department of Health and Human Services - Administration for Community Living, Federal, $2764270. (Submitted: March 10, 2022, Funded: August 1, 2022 - July 31, 2027). Grant.
  • Stigler Granados, Paula Elaine (Principal), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Co-Principal). 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.
  • 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.
  • Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H. Assessing racial/ethnic disparities in experiences of care among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with cancer using the linked SEER-CAHPS® Database, Texas State University, Texas State University, $8000. (Funded: January 2018 - May 2019). Grant.
  • Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Principal), Hearld, Larry, Weech-Maldonado, Robert. The Impact of Public Hospitals’ Privatization on Nurse Staffing, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R03), Federal, $84760. (Funded: September 2015 - August 2017). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Health Administration Undergraduate Admission Committee
August 2020-April 2021
Member
Meals on Wheels
December 2023-Present
Reviewer / Referee
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved
September 2023-Present
Member
Association of University Programs in Health Administration Annual Meeting Planning Committee
June 2023-Present
Member
Shepherd's Center Steering Committee Member
June 2023-Present