Monika Janda

ProfESSOR, NHMRC Leadership Fellow & LEADER OF THE Behavioural Sciences team, The Frazer Institute, the Faculty of Health, Medicine & Behavioural Sciences, australia

Professor Janda is a NHMRC Leadership Fellow (2025-29), and leads the Behavioural Sciences team at the Frazer Institute in the Faculty of Health, Medicine & Behavioural Sciences. Professor Janda leads the NHMRC funded Synergy Roadmap Towards Melanoma Screening (2022-2026). She trained as a health psychologist and is a behavioural scientist with a research background in cancer prevention and quality of life research. Prof Janda has strong clinical collaborations, and a passion for consumer-centred digital interventions that make self-management of health-related issues easier for people. Her work focuses on applied health and clinical research problems, making a difference to cancer prevention, early detection and treatment outcomes.