Monali Varia currently serves as the Director, Public Health Intelligence at Peel Public Health. Her portfolio includes public health surveillance, population health assessment, evaluation and emergency response. As an epidemiologist with certification in infection control, Monali has had the opportunity to work in public health at various levels of government in communicable disease control and the development of surveillance systems. She has also completed the two-year Executive Training and Research Application (EXTRA) fellowship program, focusing on developing public health capacity to use health data for decision-making.