Mona Arora

Background

About Mona Arora

Mona Arora is an Assistant Research Professor at the College of Public Health. She currently leads the ADHS-CDC COVID Disparities Initiative at the Arizona Center for Rural Health aimed at mobilizing partnerships to advance health equity & address social determinants of health-related to COVID-19 health disparities among higher risk and underserved populations. She is a researcher with the EPA funded WEST Environmental Justice Center. She is also a Principal Investigator for the NIH funded P20 Southwest Center On Resilience for Climate Change and Health where she will be leading the community engagement initiatives and co-develop programs that build knowledge and capacity to understand, mitigate, and address the health impacts of climate change. She has over ten years of experience in emergency preparedness, workforce development, and community engagement. Her research focuses on building healthcare system resilience through capacity building, adaptation planning, and education. Her ultimate goal is to work across disciplines and sectors to improve the usability of research for public health decision-making and building equitable and just community-driven solutions to climate change. Dr. Arora has served on several national initiatives and committees, including the Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief Working Group, National Adaptation Forum Program Committee, and the National Network of Public Health Institutes Global Climate Change Workgroup.