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Iya Maliki

Iya Maliki

  • Email: umim@leeds.ac.uk
  • Thesis title: Impact and Cost-Effectiveness of Intervention Strategies for Hepatitis B Virus Elimination in Cameroon: A Modelling Study
  • Supervisors: Bryony Dawkins, Dr Edward Webb, Dr Aaron Lim (Bristol)

Profile

My alternative emails: I.Maliki@leeds.ac.uk and Iya.Maliki@pevcameroon.cm
I joined the University of Leeds in October 2024 as a PhD student in Health Economics Modelling of Infectious Diseases. I am the recipient of two Commonwealth Scholarships. My first award received in 2020 enabled me to undertake a Master’s Degree in Economics with particular focus in health 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 here at the University of Leeds in the UK. It’s special being two times Commonwealth scholar, a UK government scholarship.

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).

My PhD is being supervised by Bryony Dawkins and Edward Webb, both health economists at the University of Leeds along with Aaron Lim who is a mathematical modeller of infectious diseases at the University of Bristol, UK.

Research interests

My research interests include:

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

My research focuses on modelling and economic evaluation of strategies for eliminating Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Cameroon. HBV remains a major public health challenge, imposing substantial burdens on health systems and contributing significantly to morbidity, disability, and premature mortality worldwide. In Cameroon, HBV prevalence varies considerably across geographic regions and population groups, highlighting the need for context-specific evidence to inform policy responses. The research involves the development of a dynamic hepatitis B transmission model tailored for Cameroon to estimate the burden of infection over time, including prevalence, incidence, disease progression, and HBV-related mortality at baseline (modelling component). Building on this modelling framework, I will equally evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative hepatitis B screening and vaccination strategies to identify efficient options for policy decision-making alongside a discrete choice experiment study assessing women’s preferences for these interventions to inform the design of acceptable and effective strategies (health economics component).

Qualifications

  • PhD in Health Economics Modelling, University of Leeds, UK (expected in 2027)
  • Master’s in Economics (MSc), University of Southampton (2021), UK
  • Advanced Master’s in Public Health Methodology (MPH), Université Libre de Bruxelles (2018), Belgium
  • Doctor of Dental Medicine Degree, 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
  • Health economics