Mona is an Associate Professor (Research) in epidemiology at Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora | the Health Services Research Centre. She trained at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc) and Bristol University (PhD). She then worked at the Centre for Public Health Research at Massey University (Wellington) as Senior Lecturer in Public Health. After another period at Bristol University as Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology, she returned to Wellington and is employed at the HSRC, working on projects around access to primary health care.