A political scientist by training, his research focuses on the role of institutional theory in domestic and international health policy, exploring how formal and informal institutional designs and change processes shape domestic government and international agency responses to disease. His first book, Contested Epidemics: Policy Response in Brazil and the U.S. and what the BRICS Can Learn, was published with Imperial College Press in 2015. Dr. Gómez is currently completing his second book tentatively titled Health in Emerging Markets: Geopolitical Strategies, Civil Society, and the Struggle to Eradicate Disease in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, which is under contract with Johns Hopkins University press. His research has been supported by organizations such as Oxfam, the George Soros and Tinker Foundations.