Joseph is a Ugandan, holding a PhD in Disaster and Emergency Health from Tehran University of Medical Sciences. His current position at the Institute of Disaster Management and Reconstruction (IDMR), Sichuan University is a Postdoc Fellow. Apart from developing and undertaking different collaborative research projects such as systematic review studies, disaster epidemiology, injuries etc., Heis also assisting in teaching and supervision of the graduate students at IDMR. He is passionate to carry-out research on disaster risk reduction, climate change, injury prevention, emergency medical services, humanitarianism etc. So far, Joseph has authored and co-authored some peer review articles related to those research areas, and others are forthcoming.
Representative research results.
Journal papers
1. Ardalan A,Balikuddembe K.J,Ingrassia L.P et.al. Virtual disaster simulation: Lessons learned from an International Collaboration that can be Leveraged for Disaster Education in Iran. 2015, PLoS Current Disasters, 13 (7): 1 - 5
2. Balikuddembe K.J et al. Road traffic incidents in Uganda: A systematic review study of a five year trend.Journal of Injury and Violence Research,2016, Vol. 9 (1): 1-9
3. Balikuddembe K.J, Hosseinzadeh M.J,Ardalan A. Progress inNutrition related Millennium Development Goals in Uganda Before Adoption of Post-2015 Development Agenda: Review of Goals 1, 2 and 4. AJFAND, 2016, Vol. 16 (4): 11265 - 11277
4. Balikuddembe K.J et al. Factors Affecting Exposure, Vulnerability and Emergency Medical Service Capacity for Victims of Road Traffic Incidents in Kampala Metropolitan Area: A Delphi Study.BMC Emergency Medicine, 2017, 17 (1): 1 - 8
5. Balikuddembe K.J et al. Mainstreaming road safety in the regional integration of East African Community to reduce on road traffic injuries.African Safety Promotion Journal. 2017, Vol.15 (1): 38-54.
6. Balikuddembe K.J and Nakiranda R. Leveraging the Sendai Framework to Respond to Transnational Impacts of Drought in East Africa.2017,African Perspectives on Disaster Risk Reduction, Issue.1: 6-9.
7. Balikuddembe K.J et al. Weaknesses and Capacities Affecting the Pre-hospital Emergency Care for Victims of Road Traffic Incidents in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area: A Cross Sectional Study. BMC Emergency Medicine, 2017, 17 (29): 1-11
