Profile
I am a PhD student in Health Economics and Policy Research Unit (HEPRU) at Centre for Evaluation and Methods (CEM). I am studying the methods of health economic evaluation of Digital Health Interventions and am doing a case study on ATLAS pathway at Barts NHS Trust.
My research interests are cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, health inequalities, ethnic disparities in health, mental health and rehabilitation.
I completed an M.Res. in Health Data in Practice in 2022 at QMUL as part of my 4-year PhD program funded by Welcome Trust. My M.Res. dissertation involved modelling the impact of Cardiovascular Events – Stroke, Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Revascularisation events, on Health-related Quality of Life in R program using Electronic Health Records (EHR) linked UKBiobank data. In 2020, I completed an MSc in Clinical Research from University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich where I performed a Systematic Review of psychometric properties of Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) scale for Stroke survivors as part of my dissertation. My undergrad training is in Physiotherapy and I have practiced as a physiotherapist in Kashmir (2021) and Bangalore-India (2019).
Research
Research Interests:
Digital Health, Health Technology Assessment, Economic evaluation, Health inequalities, Ethnic disparities in health, Cardiovascular diseases, Chronic disease management, Rehabilitation.
Publications
Outstanding publications:
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Iqbal, M.J., Hamdani, T., Attarwala, H.Z., Amiji, M.M. (2023). Nanoscale Vaccines for the Prevention of COVID-19. In: Patravale, V.B., Date, A.A., Jindal, A.B. (eds) Nanomedicines for the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases. AAPS Advances in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Series, vol 56. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39020-3_13
Supervision
My PhD supervisors are Prof Borislava (Boby) Mihaylova, Prof Anthony Mathur, Dr. Dan Jones and Dr. Jamie Ross.