Biography
Dr. Alein Haro-Ramos is a population health scientist and health policy researcher, and much of her work examines how race, ethnicity, and citizenship intersect to shape health across the life course. She focuses on structural determinants of health inequities among racialized and low-income communities in the United States, particularly Latino and immigrant populations. Her research spans topics including safety-net health care access, immigration policy, and labor conditions.
She is especially interested in how immigration status and exclusionary policies affect health outcomes and access to preventive care. The goal of her work is to inform policy and practice interventions that mitigate health disparities and promote equity in care delivery and population health.
Research Interests
Immigrant health across the life course; occupational psychosocial risk factors; precarious employment; public policies, social inequities, and racialized disparities among Latino/xs.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2023, Health Policy – Population Health Science
M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles, 2018, Community Health Sciences
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2015, Sociology
Publications
- Haro-Ramos AY, Axeen S, Gorman AR, Schneberk T, Ro A. Examining Emergency Department Utilization and Hospital Admissions Among Older Undocumented Immigrants: Insights From a Primary Care County Program. The Gerontologist. 2025;65(5):gnaf042. doi:10.1093/geront/gnaf042
- Carson MS, Haro-Ramos AY, López-Solano N, et al. Facilitators and barriers of alcohol goals for Latinx men hospitalized with alcohol use disorder seen by an Addiction Consult Team. Annals of Medicine. 2025;57(1):2453634. doi:10.1080/07853890.2025.2453634
- Haro-Ramos AY, Sanchez G, Barreto M. Immigration concerns and social program avoidance: The roles of legal status and family composition among Asian and Latino communities. Journal of Migration and Health. 2024 Oct 13;10:100275. doi: 10.1016/j.jmh.2024.100275.
- Haro-Ramos AY, Block R, Sanchez G. The relationship between union membership and self-rated health among racially diverse U.S. healthcare workers: The role of control over work schedules and locations. Social Science & Medicine. 2024;358:117254. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117254
- Haro-Ramos AY, Sanchez GR, Barreto MA. Health Care Discrimination and Immigration Fears: Unpacking COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Latino Adults. American Journal of Public Health. 2024;114(S6):S505-S509. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307668
- Avalos MRA, Xu J, Figueroa CA, Haro-Ramos AY, Chakraborty B, Aguilera A. The effect of cognitive behavioral therapy text messages on mood: A micro-randomized trial. PLOS Digital Health. 2024;3(2):e0000449. doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000449
- Haro-Ramos AY, Bacong AM. Disparities in unmet needed paid leave across race, ethnicity and citizenship status among employed Californians: a cross-sectional study. Public Health. 2023;221:97-105. doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2023.06.013
- Haro-Ramos AY, Rodriguez HP, Aguilera A. Effectiveness and implementation of a text messaging intervention to reduce depression and anxiety symptoms among Latinx and Non-Latinx white users during the COVID-19 pandemic. Behaviour Research and Therapy. Published online April 16, 2023:104318. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2023.104318
- Haro-Ramos AY, Bacong AM, Rodriguez HP. Racial Discrimination, Social Disadvantage, and Racial–Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. AJPM Focus. 2023;2(2):100072. doi:10.1016/j.focus.2023.100072
- Haro-Ramos AY, Brown TT, Deardorff J, Aguilera A, Pollack Porter KM, Rodriguez HP. Frontline work and racial disparities in social and economic pandemic stressors during the first COVID-19 surge. Health Services Research. 2023;58(S2):186-197. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.14136
