Monica Mallampalli, PhD, is a patient with sleep apnea, a trained biomedical scientist and the executive director of Alliance of Sleep Apnea Partners (ASAP). Besides being a patient advocate, Dr. Mallampalli also brings unique perspectives to conversations and discussions with her research and health policy background.
For over a decade, Dr. Mallampalli has been advocating for the advancement of women’s health from a sex and gender lens within the areas of chronic diseases, clinical trials, drug development, and personalized medicine. Previously, Dr. Mallampalli served as the senior scientific advisor for the Association of Migraine Disorders, HealthyWomen and the Reilly Group. She also served as the Vice President of Scientific Affairs at the Society for Women’s Health Research (SWHR), a Washington DC based nonprofit advocacy organization where she was the chief architect and subject matter expert on programs related to women’s health and sex-based biology.
Prior to SWHR, Dr. Mallampalli worked as a health policy analyst and as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She did her post-doctoral training at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine’s Department of Cell biology. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Utah in Human Genetics and received a Master of Sciences with a concentration in Biochemistry from Osmania University in India.
Dr. Mallampalli has co-authored many publications, reports and op-eds, and has been interviewed in the media on several occasions. Dr. Mallampalli serves on the volunteer board for SCAD Alliance and the National Pain Advocacy Center (NPAC).
