Research Area(s)
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Climate Change Action
Background
Monidipa (Mona) is the Research Lab Coordinator with the Vatanparast Nutritional Epidemiology Lab (VNEL) in the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition. Mona earned a Bachelor of Pharmacy in Bangladesh, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Population Health Risk Management from the University of Ottawa. She completed a Master of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan in 2023. Before joining VNEL, Mona held a variety of roles across several units at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a lecturer position in Bangladesh and has contributed to national and international projects, with a focus on public health and population health research.
Most Recent Publications
1. Orr, T., Cheung, E., Saha, M., Balogun, T., Feng, C., & Farag, M. (2025). Identifying risk factors for burnout-driven turnover in Canadian healthcare workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1), 469.
2. Keramat, S. A., Alam, K., Keating, B., Ahinkorah, B. O., Aboagye, R. G., Seidu, A. A., ... & Comans, T. (2022). Morbid obesity, multiple long-term conditions, and health-related quality of life among Australian adults: estimates from three waves of a longitudinal household survey. Preventive Medicine Reports, 28, 101823.