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Applied Mathematics (Mathematical Biology) - Application of deterministic and stochastic epidemic models to tick-borne diseases (for example, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Tidewater spotted fever, etc.) and other infectious diseases such as West Nile virus, Rotavirus, Nipah virus, Tuberculosis, malaria, COVID-19, etc. Other areas of research interest are conservation and computational Biology, ecological modelling, and stochastic optimal control.,
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MILLIWARD MALIYONI is a senior lecturer of Mathematics and a seasoned mathematical modeler in the Mathematical Sciences Department which is under the School of Natural and Applied Sciences at the University of Malawi (UNIMA). He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (specialised in Mathematical Biology) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2019); a Master of Science in Mathematical Modelling (specialised in Mathematical Biology) from the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2010) and a Bachelor of Science-Education (Mathematics and Physics) from Mzuzu University (2007). He teaches and supervises research projects for both undergraduate and postgraduate students (particularly those that are pursuing MSc in Mathematical Sciences). Milliward is also a visiting lecturer in the Applied Studies Department at Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). His research interests are in the application of deterministic and stochastic epidemic models to tick-borne diseases (for example, human monocytic ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Tidewater spotted fever, etc.) and other infectious diseases such as West Nile virus, Rotavirus, Nipah virus, Tuberculosis, malaria, COVID-19, etc. In addition, he is also interested in conservation and computational Biology, ecological modelling, and stochastic optimal control. He has also been involved in a number of projects locally and internationally that helps to foster research collaborations. Milliward also served as the deputy head of Mathematical Sciences Department (2020 – 2023) as well as the coordinator for MSc and PhD in Mathematical Sciences programme from 2019 to 2023. Currently, he is a Co-principal investigator in a rabies project that is employing mathematical modelling to analyse the role of multiple interventions in the control of dog-mediated human rabies dynamics in Malawi and is sponsored by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in the United Kingdom. Further, he is also the lead project coordinator for Malawi in a project that UNIMA through the Mathematical Sciences Department and the Department of Science and Mathematics Education at UNIMA in partnership with the Department of Education and Sports Science at the University of Stavanger (UiS) in Norway are implementing namely “Malawi-Norway Mobility Programme in Mathematics and Mathematics Education (MANOMME) project from 2019 – 2024”; which is sponsored by the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (DIKU) (now part of Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills)
Publications
- Journal Article
Maliyoni M, Gaff HD, Govinder KS and Chirove F. Multipatch stochastic epidemic model for the dynamics of a tick-borne disease. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics 9:1122410 (2023)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fams.2023.1122410/full
- Journal Article
Maliyoni M, Magamba K and Kadaleka S. Extinction Threshold in a Stochastic Epidemic Model for Rotavirus Dynamics with Contaminated Environment. Journal of Biological Systems 31(1): 141 - 168 (2023)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0218339023500067
- Journal Article
Maliyoni M. Probability of Disease Extinction or Outbreak in a Stochastic Epidemic Model for West Nile Virus Dynamics in Birds. Acta Biotheoretica 69 : 91 - 116. (2021)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10441-020-09391-y
- Journal Article
Maliyoni M, Chirove F, Gaff HD and Govinder KS. A Stochastic Epidemic Model for the Dynamics of Two Pathogens in a Single Tick Population. Theoretical Population Biology 127 : 75 - 90. (2019)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040580917301703?via%3Dihub
- Journal Article
Maliyoni M, Chirove F, Gaff HD and Govinder KS. A Stochastic Tick-Borne Disease Model: Exploring the Probability of Pathogen Persistence. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 79 : 1999 - 2021 (2017)
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11538-017-0317-y
- Book Chapters
Mwamtobe PM, Tchuenche JM, Maliyoni M and Hove-Musekwa SD. Modelling the Effects of Multi-Intervention Campaigns for the Malaria Epidemic in Malawi, In: Dynamical Systems: Theory, Applications and Future Directions. NOVA Science Publishers, New York: 293 - 314 (2013)
https://novapublishers.com/shop/dynamical-systems-theory-applications-and-future-directions/
- Journal Article
Maliyoni M, Mwamtobe PMM, Hove-Musekwa SD and Tchuenche JM. Modelling the Role of Diagnosis, Treatment and Health Education on Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis Dynamics. Hindawi, International Scholarly Research Notices, Article ID 459829 (2012)
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2012/459829/