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 an Associate Professor. Apart from developing and undertaking different collaborative research projects such as systematic review studies, disaster epidemiology, injuries etc., He is also assisting in teaching and supervision of the graduate students at IDMR. He is passionate about teaching and training by using student-centered and blended learning approaches, as well as conducting interdisciplinary, innovative, and impactful research focused on addressing today’s most pressing challenges, in particular, those related to disaster epidemiology, public health, disability, healthy ageing, and rehabilitation, etc., in the context of climate change.

联系方式

jbalikuddembe.k@scu.edu.cn

代表性研究成果

期刊论文

1. He W, Di B, Wu S, Li J, Zeng W, Zeng Y, Li R, Balikuddembe KJ,Chen H, et al. Long-term effects of post-earthquake landslides on      vegetation ecosystem net carbon. Ecological Indicators. 2025; 171(113170): 1-12

2. Balikuddembe KJ, Yafang Z, Prisno ED, Stodden R. Impact of climate-induced floods and typhoons on geriatric disabling health among older Chinese and Filipinos: a cross-country systematic review. BMC Geriatrics. 2024; 24(320):1-9.

3. Wen H, Baofeng D, Yajie Z, Yanan D, Junhui L, Lingke Q, Balikuddembe K.J, Qiangiao P, et.al. Reconsidering the eco-economic benefits of Grain for Green Program in Sichuan Province, China. Ecological Indicators. 2023; 157(2023): 111225.

4. Balikuddembe KJ, et.al. A Scoping Review of Post-earthquake Healthcare for Vulnerable Groups of the 2023 Turkey-Syria Earthquakes. BMC Public Health. 2024; 24(945): 1-15.

5. Balikuddembe, J.K., Reinhardt, J.D., Zeng, W, et al. Public health priorities for Sino-Africa cooperation in Eastern Africa in context of flooding and malaria burden in Children: a tridecadal retrospective analysis. BMC Public Health. 2023; 23, 1331.

6. Balikuddembe K.J, Baofeng D, et.al. A Haddon Matrix-based Analysis of the Anthropogenic Drivers of Floods in 10 Eastern African Partner Countries of the Belt and Road Initiative 1990-2021. Inter. J. Disaster Risk Red. 2023; 92(103683):1-11.

7. Xeng X,Balikuddembe K.J, Liang P. Impact of Community-based rehabilitation on the physical function and activity of daily living of stroke patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Disability & Rehabilitation. 2022; 45(3):403-414.

8. Balikuddembe K.J, Baofeng D, Ruixin Z, Shaolin W, Jierui L, Wangqing Y. A multisource trend analysis of floods in Asia-Pacific, 1990 -2018: Implications for climate change Sustainable Development Goals. Inter. J. Disaster Risk Reduction. 2021; 39:102237. 

9. Balikuddembe K.J, Xinglin Z, Chen C.D. Health-related Rehabilitation after the 2008 Great Wenchaun Earthquake in China: A Ten-Year Retrospective Systematic Review. Int. J. Env. Res. Pub He. 2020; 17(7): 2297.

10. Balikuddembe K.J, Reinhardt D.J. Can Digitization of Healthcare help Low-Resourced Countries Provide Better Community-Based Rehabilitation Services? Physical Therapy. 2020; 100: 217-224.

11. Balikuddembe K.J, Ardalan A, 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 Emerg Med, 2017, 17(29): 1-1.

12. Balikuddembe K.J, Ardalan A, Khorasani D, et al. Factors Affecting Exposure, Vulnerability and Emergency Medical Services Capacity for Victims of Road Traffic Incidents in Kampala Metropolitan Area: A Delphi Study. BMC Emergency Med, 2017, 17(1).

出版著作

1. Balikuddembe K.J. Mainstreaming drought risk management in the regional integration of ASEAN to respond to transnational impacts of drought. Book chapter in “Drought Risk Management in South and South-East Asia”. Eds Indrajit P, Mihir B, Aug 2020 | 396 pages | SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd

科研项目

1. Asian and Pacific Research Network for Research (APN): Climate change, ageing, & disability: Life experience of being old, disabled & affected by climate induced disasters in China & the Philippines, 2020-2024

2. China’s Ministry of Science and Technology: Intelligent Prevention and Mitigation Strategies for Earthquake-Induced Colluvial Materials Transportation and Lake Siltation at Jiuzhaigou World Heritage Site, 2023 - 2025.

3. Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Memorial Fund: The ADA @ 30: Demystifying Disability, Accelerating Access, and (re-) Examining Equity for People with Disabilities in an era of Multi-Sector Globalization, 2020 - 2021