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Mona JeffreysProfile page
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Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences
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BIO
Mona is an epidemiologist, and Associate Professor at Te Puna Hauora | School of Health at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington. 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. She has a main interest in equity in access to care, primary health care; cancer epidemiology and health services research; long Covid; and food security.
Current Projects
Addressing inequities in colorectal cancer outcomes
Evidence-based management of Long Covid
Food insecuity in people with ME/CFS and/or Long Covid
Determining a minimum dataset for a proposed ME/CFS Registry
Recently Completed Projects
Ngā Kawekawe o Mate Korona | Impacts of COVID-19 in Aotearoa
Do general practice capitation fees account for concentrations of complexity?
Causes and consequences of barriers to primary health care. An analysis of the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort
Enhancing primary health care services in Aotearoa New Zealand
A pilot evaluation of WELLfed
Social return on investment methodology: a narrative review of evaluations
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate ProfessorTe Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Te Puna Hauora | School of Health, New Zealand1 Jan 2026 - present
- Associate Dean (Research)Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Te Pukenga Wai | Faculty of Education, Health, and Psychological Sciences, New Zealand1 Apr 2025 - present
- Associate Professor (Research)Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand1 Apr 2023 - 31 Dec 2025
- Senior Research FellowTe Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington, Te Hikuwai Rangahau Hauora | Health Services Research Centre, Wellington, New Zealand1 Feb 2019 - 31 Mar 2023
- Senior Lecturer in EpidemiologyUniversity of Bristol, UK1 Jun 2008 - 31 Aug 2016
- Senior Lecturer in Public HealthMassey University, New Zealand1 Apr 2004 - 30 Apr 2008
- Post-doctoral Fellow (Epidemiology)Massey University, New Zealand1 Jun 2003 - 31 Mar 2004
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Bristol, United Kingdom
- MSc (distinction)London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
- BSc (Hons)St Andrews University, United Kingdom
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Media enquiries
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Mentoring (long-term)
- Mentoring (short-term)