Mastura Monif (BBiomed Sci, B Sci Hons, MBBS, PhD, FRACP) is a senior research fellow in the Van Cleef Centre for Nervous Diseases, Department of Neuroscience, within the Central Clinical School. She leads the Neuroimmunology, Neuroinflammation and Neurological Diseases 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, and Multiple Sclerosis.

To understand how neuroinflammation and innate immune responses can lead to neurological diseases.

To decipher biomarkers of neuroinflammatory disease that can assist with disease diagnosis, prognostication and aid in improved therapeutics.

She is also a Consultant Neurologist at Alfred Health and Royal Melbourne Hospital. She leads the Neuroimmunology Service at Alfred Health. Her clinical interest and expertise are neuroimmunological diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Autoimmune Encephalitis, and other central nervous system inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. She also oversees the neurology division of CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell) Therapy for haematological malignancies at Alfred Health focusing on diagnosis and management of neurological complications of CAR-T Therapy.