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Iya Maliki

Iya Maliki

Profile

I joined the University of Leeds in October 2024 as a PhD student in Health Economics Modelling. I am the recipient of two Commonwealth Scholarships. My first award received in 2020 enabled me to undertake a Master’s Degree in Economics at the University of Southampton in the UK which I completed with merit. I repeated this feat in 2024 when I won another Commonwealth Scholarship, this time supporting my doctoral studies in Health Economics Modelling here at the University of Leeds. It’s special being two times Commonwealth scholar, a UK government scholarship.

My research focuses on modelling and economic evaluation of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) strategies to eliminate the disease in Cameroon. HBV is one of the infectious diseases which significantly burdens on health systems and is a major cause of disability and death worldwide. Cameroon shows a great variability in prevalence of HBV in the country and within different population group. This research involves the development of a dynamic model to estimate the burden of HBV infection over time in Cameroon (e.g. prevalence, incidence, disease cases, HBV-related deaths) at baseline. I will also evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the various interventions with projections of potential benefits and costs to achieve sustainable elimination. My PhD is being supervised by Bryony Dawkins and Edward Webb at the University of Leeds along with Aaron Lim who is a mathematical modeller of infectious diseases from the University of Bristol.

Prior to starting my PhD, I serve at the Ministry of Public Health in Cameroon, working across the nation on the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) as Head of the Unit in charge of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E).

Research interests

  • Economic evaluation
  • Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
  • Infectious disease modelling
  • Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE)
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analysis
  • Health financing.

Qualifications

  • MSc in Economics, University of Southampton (2021), UK
  • MPH, University of Brussels (2018), Belgium
  • Doctor of Dental Medicine, University of Yaounde I (2016), Cameroon
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, University of Yaounde II (2014), Cameroon

Research groups and institutes

  • Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
  • Academic Unit of Health Economics