Mona Arora

Dr. Arora is an Assistant Research Professor in the Zuckerman College of Public Health and Multiple PI for the Southwest Center on Resilience Climate and Health (SCORCH). She brings expertise in GIS, program evaluation, and survey design and implementation. Recently she conducted a national workforce assessment of the public health system’s capacity to protect against the health consequences of climate change. Dr. Arora has served on several national committees, including the Lancet Countdown U.S. Policy Brief Working Group, National Adaptation Forum Program Committee, and the National Association of City and County Health Official’s (NACCHO) Workgroup on Global Climate Change. She obtained her Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) degree in Tropical Medicine from the Tulane University School of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene and has a doctorate degree in Geography from the University of Arizona.

Previously Dr. Arora worked in public health emergency preparedness in the Southwest for 12 years. Likewise, Dr. Arora is a member of the UA Campus Incident Response Team (CIRT) Pandemic Influenza Planning Group, Chair in the Medical Countermeasures Planning Sub-group, and Chair of the COVID Vaccine Taskforce. Dr Arora received her PhD in geography from U of A and her MSPH in tropical medicine from Tulane University. 

Languages spoken: English, Hindi, Punjabi