Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH

Mahnoosh (Mona) Sharifi, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Yale School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Yale School of Public Health, and Chief of General Pediatrics at Yale. She also serves as Director of Pediatric Health Services and Implementation Research, Co-director of the Yale National Clinician Scholars Program, and Co-director of CORNET, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ national practice-based research network in pediatric primary care.

Dr. Sharifi is board-certified in both pediatrics and clinical informatics and practices pediatric primary care at Fair Haven Community Health Center. Her research focuses on implementing evidence-based interventions in pediatric primary care and community settings to prevent chronic diseases, promote health equity, and improve outcomes—particularly in childhood obesity. She is a co-author of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ 2023 clinical practice guidelines on childhood obesity and currently leads two multi-site NIH-funded R01 studies focused on the implementation and dissemination of obesity interventions for children and adolescents.

Dr. Sharifi earned undergraduate degrees in biology and economics from Emory University, her medical degree from Vanderbilt University, and completed her pediatric residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program. She received advanced training in public health and health services research through an AHRQ T32 fellowship and K12 scholars program at Harvard, followed by a K08 career development award to build expertise in implementation science and clinical informatics.

Since 2010, her research has been continuously supported by the NIH, AHRQ, and CDC. She leads transdisciplinary research teams, applies mixed methods and implementation science approaches, and actively mentors students, trainees, and junior faculty across disciplines.