Monica holds a Master of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) from the University of Sydney and awarded a PhD in 2022 by UNSW Sydney for her thesis examining the use of real-world evidence to study systemic cancer therapy use in Australian patients. Her areas of research interest include breast cancer, cancer survivorship, health service research and maximising the potential of linked health data to drive improvements in cancer treatment and outcomes in Australia. She has received research funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Breast Cancer Network Australia, Translational Cancer Research Network, HCF Research Foundation, UNSW Sydney and Maridulu Budyari Gumal/Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE). Monica holds an appointment as Conjoint Lecturer with the Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney.