Mastura Monif (BBiomed Sci, B Sci Hons, MBBS, PhD, FRACP) is an Associate Professor in the Van Cleef Centre for Nervous Diseases, Department of Neuroscience, within the School of Translational Medicine.
She leads the Neuroimmunology, Neuroinflammation and Neuro Oncology Lab at Monash University Department of Neuroscience. Her research interests are to understand how neuroinflammation can induce neurological disease.
The main areas of research focus in her lab are Autoimmune Encephalitis, Glioblastoma (brain cancer), Autoimmune Epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) and Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy related neurotoxicity.
“I joined the Scientific Advisory Committee of Cure Brain Cancer Foundation, because it provides me with a sense of personal fulfilment. It allows me to interact with community members and those with lived experiences of cancer. Through this role I can use my scientific and clinical knowledge in pursuit of the goals of the organisation, and aim to support a variety of research endeavours hopefully making a difference in the lives of those affected by cancer.”