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Dr. Zo H Ramamonjiarivelo

  • Professor - School of Health Administration
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Biography and expertise

Dr. Ramamonjiarivelo is a 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.

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Health Services Administration

Univ of Alabama at Birmingham, 2012

Master's Degree

MBA in Business Administration

Strategic Management concentration

The University of Alabama, 2006

Teaching Interests

Research Interests

  • 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, $10000. (Submitted: February 14, 2025, Funded: March 26, 2025 - Present). Grant.
  • 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), 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.
  • Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Principal), Percent Contribution: %75, Shanmugam, Ram (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Beauvais, Bradley Michael (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Wang, Tiankai (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Pradhan, Rohit (Other), Percent Contribution: %10. Assessing the Differences in Experiences of Care among Medicare Beneficiaries Diagnosed with Cancer Using the Linked SEER-CAHP® Database: An Exploratory Study, School of Health Administration-Williamson Fund, Texas State University, $10000. (Funded: June 4, 2026 - Present). Grant.
  • Andelman, Dixie Marie Bennett, Park, Gloria Youngju (Co-Principal), Ramamonjiarivelo, Zo H (Co-Principal). Continuous Glucose Monitoring Use, Usability, Barriers, and Satisfaction Among Older Adults with Diabetes: A Cross‑Sectional Survey Study, Williamson Fund, Texas State University, $10000. (Submitted: May 2026). Grant.
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  • Shanmugam, R., Mileski, M., Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Betancourt, J. A., Pacheco, G. J., & Pradhan, R. (2026). Learning from Hospital Financial Distress Associated with Negative Cash Reserves. International Journal of Financial Studies (IF: 2.2)]., 14(6), 152. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijfs14060152
  • Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Mileski, M., Shapley, R. T., Pradhan, R., & Shanmugam, R. (2026). Contract labor reliance and subsequent patient experience performance: Evidence from U.S. short-term acute care hospitals. Healthcare, 14(11), 1537. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare14111537
  • Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Mileski, M., Shapley, R. T., Pradhan, R., & Priore, R. R. (2026). Revisiting the Eight Basic Payment Methods in Health Care: A Contemporary Framework for Value-Based Policy and Practice in the United States. Journal of Healthcare Leadership, 18(605413). https://doi.org/10.2147/JHL.S605413
  • Beauvais, B. M., Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H., Kruse, C. S., Fulton, L. V., Shanmugam, R., Sharma, A., & Tomic, A. (2026). The predictive factors of US hospital bankruptcy - a multi-model comparison. Health Care Management Science, 29(8). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-025-09750-6
  • Beauvais, B. M., Pradhan, R., Dolezel, D. M., Shanmugam, R., Wood, D., & Ramamonjiarivelo, Z. H. (2024). The Association Between Organizational Market Factors and Agency Labor Utilization in U.S. Hospitals. Administrative Sciences, 14(9), 192. https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci14090192
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award in Innovative Education, The Global Interdisciplinary Green Cities conference. June 21, 2022 - June 25, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Faculty Excellence Award for Outstanding Scholarship -Associate Professor, College of Health Professions. August 2019 - May 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alpha Chi National College honor Society. November 7, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Best Paper Award in Contribution to Knowledge Management, The Glogal Interdisciplinary Green Cities Conference. June 17, 2025 - June 21, 2025
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Second Place Best Poster Award, Association of University Programs in Health Administration. June 4, 2024 - June 6, 2024
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  1. Member

    Health Administration Undergraduate Admission Committee

  2. Member

    Executive MHA Comprehensive Exam Committee/Grader

  3. Reviewer / Referee

    American Journal of Preventive Medicine

  4. Reviewer / Referee

    BMC Nursing

  5. Member

    Prior Learning Assessment Portfolio Committee Member for Executive MHA students

  6. Other

    Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education

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