of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP) in 1955, FRCP in 1977. After her year in Cardiff, she toured Scandinavian countries visiting sanatoria and the Pasteur Institute in Paris. She also completed postgraduate studies at the London Hospital and at the Post-Graduate Medical School, Hammersmith, London in 1960. She lectured in clinical medicine in the University of Hong Kong and in the Chinese University, Hong Kong from 1952. She collaborated closely with the Medical Research Council in England and the Hong Kong Tuberculosis Treatment Service, carrying out studies and trials which made a significant contribution to the treatment and management of tuberculosis internationally. Monaghan was considered an authority on the disease. She was invited to lecture across the world, but with a focus on Asian and African countries. She lectured in Africa extensively later in her life, focusing on communicable diseases in central Africa, and in 1984 she worked in Ethiopia. She undertook a Dow Chemical lecture tour in the Philippines in 1983, and was invited by the Chinese Medical Association to visit institutions and hospitals in Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, and Hangzhou. She spoke at symposia on tuberculosis a number of times in Pakistan in 1984. She represented Hong Kong and read papers at 14 international conferences, and attended at least 17 conferences in different countries as a delegate. She was also widely published in national and international medical journals. Monaghan received numerous awards, including the WHO fellowship in tuberculosis at the University of Wales in 1952 to 1953, and an honorary doctorate in social science from the University of Hong Kong in 1978. She was the first woman to receive the Sir Robert Philip gold medal from the London Chest and Heart Foundation in 1965. She was awarded an OBE in 1980, and was presented to Queen Elizabeth II in the royal tea tent at the Buckingham Palace garden party on 23 July 1985. She was a member of various medical and other related organisations, such as the British Medical Association, the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council of Hong Kong, the Society for the Aid of Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers, and the Community Advice Bureau. She served as vice-president of the Hong Kong Medical Association, vice-president of the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong, and president of the Hong Kong branch of the British Medical Association. She also served as the honorary secretary of the Soroptimist International of