Dr. Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions and a distinguished professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. He is also the founding director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner dually licensed in adult health (ANP-BC) and psychiatric-mental health nursing (PMHNP-BC).
Widely regarded as an expert, scholar, and leader in Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and developing, evaluating, and translating family-based adolescent and young adult health interventions, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos’ research has been funded externally for two decades by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Center for Disease Control (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and various federal agencies. He has published extensively in leading scientific journals, including: The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet HIV, Clinical Infectious Diseases, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and the American Journal of Public Health. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos’ research and scholarship has led to coverage in well-known media sources such as The New York Times, NPR, and The Washington Post.
Dr. Guilamo-Ramos was a member of the ad hoc NASEM Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare and the NASEM Standing Committee on Reproductive Health, Equity, and Society. In addition, he serves on the Board of UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States.