Assoc. Prof. Uwizeye Dieudonne

Academic rank: 
Associate Professor
Academic Leadership Position: 
College Director of Research and Innovation-CASS
Email: 
d.uwizeye@ur.ac.rw/ dr.uwizeye@gmail.com
Telephone: 
+250 788 457 397
College: 
College of Arts and Social Sciences(CASS)
School/centre: 
School of Governance
Department: 
Development Studies
Published Papers : 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Hakizamungu, A., Uwizeye, D., & Andersson, M. C. L. (2026). Cooperative smallholder farmers’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices on agricultural interventions to address food insecurity in Rwanda: Implications for social work with communities. The British Journal of Social Work, 56, bcag079. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcag079
  2. Thellmann, C., Aellah, G., Maltemps, V., Davey, G., Uwizeye, D., & Nahar, P. (2026). Women's participation in a disease management intervention for podoconiosis in northern Rwanda: Understanding the context of women's lives. International Journal for Equity in Health, 25(1), 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-026-02795-1
  3. Thandya, R. P., Ramadhan, I. F., Ntivuguruzwa, J. D. L. C., Ahmad, T., Ahmad, R. A., Ginting, D. K., Mamamoba, S. Y., & Uwizeye, D. (2026). REYHealth: Confidentiality-preserving electronic health records sharing using adaptive N-image steganography and Huffman coding. Results in Engineering, 29, 108915. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2025.108915
  4. Frisiandi, M. S., Ahmad, T., Ahmad, R. A., Batamuliza, J., Ntivuguruzwa, J. D. L. C., & Uwizeye, D. (2025). ANDRASecure: A K-means-based steganographic approach for secure patient data embedding in medical images. In Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Computer Engineering, Network and Intelligent Multimedia (CENIM). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CENIM67940.2025.11326423
  5. Muhammad, A. R., Ramadhan, I. F., Ntivuguruzwa, J. D. L. C., Ahmad, T., Uwizeye, D., & Kantarama, E. (2025). MedProtect: Protecting electronic patient data using interpolation-based medical image steganography. Journal of Electronics, Electromedical Engineering, and Medical Informatics, 7(4), 1012–1027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35882/jeeemi.v7i4.977
  6. Jensen SGK, Placencio-Castro M, Murray SM, Littman J., Bazubagira S.M, Uwizeye D., Sezibera V., Betancourt ST. (2025). Four-year follow-up to a home-visiting intervention to promote early childhood development and prevent family violence in rural Rwanda: The Sugira Muryango cluster randomized trial. BMJ Glob Health 2025;10:e017866. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017866
  7. Kantarama E, Uwizeye D., Uwineza A. (2025). Cardiometabolic Risk Marker Changes in Centrally Obese Women Using Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate (DMPA) in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwanda J Med Health Sci. 2025;8(1): 17-29. https:// dx.doi.org/10.4314/rjmhs.v8i1.2.
  8. Kanyange R., Uwizeye D., Kantarama E., and Gyasi R.M. (2024). Leaving no one behind in informal urban settlements: A qualitative study of access to healthcare services among the urban poor in Kigali, Rwanda. Rwanda Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities and Business (RJSSHB). Volume 3, Issue 1(2024), PP. 29-47. ISSN: 2708-759X.
  9. Kantarama E, Uwizeye D., Uwineza A, Muvunyi CM: (2023). Effect of injectable hormonal contraceptives (Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate: DMPA) on cardiometabolic risk factors among women of reproductive age in Rwanda. Indian Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(2): 44-64. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.434/ajosi.v5i1.46 
  10. Bikorimana D., Uwizeye D. & Ndikumana C. (2023). Empirical analysis of poverty eradication and its determinants in Rwanda: lessons from China. African Journal of Social Issues, 5(1): 44-64. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v5i1.4
  11. Kantarama E, Uwizeye D., Uwineza A, Muvunyi CM: (2023). Prevalence of central obesity and its association with cardiovascular risk factors among women of reproductive age in Rwanda. African Journal of Biomedical Research (ISSN 1119-5096). DOI: https://doi.org/10.4314/ajbr.v26i1.5
  12. Uwizeye, D., Karimi, F., Thiong, C., Syonguvi, J., Ochieng, V., Kiroro, F. M., Gateri, A., Khisa, A. M., & Wao, H. (2022). Factors associated with research productivity in higher education institutions in Africa: a systematic review. AAS Open Research, 2021 May 26;4:26. https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13211.2
  13. Niragire, F., Ndikumana, C., Nyirahabimana, M.G. and Uwizeye D. (2021). Prevalence and factors associated with fertility desire among HIV-positive women in Rwanda in the context of improved life expectancy. Arch Public Health 79, 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00742-w
  14. Kantarama E., Uwizeye D., & Mselle T. (2021). Microalbuminuria among Type 2 Diabetes Patients at Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences. Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences Vol 4 No.1, March 2021 https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/rjmhs.v4i1.7
  15. Doughty, K., Uwizeye, D., & Uwimana, E. (2021). Methane Extraction on Lake Kivu: Green Extractive Humanitarianism. African Studies Review, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2020.69
  16. Uwizeye, D., Irambeshya, A., & Wiehler, S. (2020). Poverty profile and efforts to access basic household needs in an emerging city : a mixed-method study in Kigali's informal urban settlements, Rwanda. Cities & Health, 00(00), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2020.17643
  17. Uwizeye, D., Muhayiteto, R., Wiehler, S., Kantarama, E., & Murangwa, Y. (2020). Prevalence of Teenage Pregnancy and the Associated Contextual Correlates in Rwanda. Heliyon, an Elsevier Journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05037
  18. Uwizeye D, Karimi F, Otukpa E, Ngware MW, Wao H, Igumbor JO & Fonn S (2020). Increasing collaborative research output between early-career health researchers in Africa: lessons from the CARTA fellowship program. Global Health Action, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1768795
  19. Igumbor, J. O., Bosire, E. N., Basera, T. J., Uwizeye, D., Fayehun, O., Wao, H., … Fonn,S. (2020). CARTA fellows’ scientific contribution to the African public and population Health Research agenda (2011 to 2018). BMC Public Health, 1–9. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09147-w
  20. Uwizeye, D. & Sokoni, CH. (2016). What is missing to ensure improved water use in informal urban settlements? Waterlines Vol. 35 No.4. https://dx.doi.org/10.3362/1756- 3488.2016.026
  21. Uwizeye D., Sokoni CH. & Kabiru CW. (2014). Prevalence and Correlates for Diarrhoea in the Mountainous Informal Settlements of Huye Town, Rwanda. SpringerPlus, 3(745). DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-745
  22. Adedokun B., Nyasulu P., Maseko F., Adedini S., Akinyemi J., Uwizeye D., . . . Otwombe, K. (2014). Sharing Perspectives and Experiences of Doctoral Fellows in the First Cohort of Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa: 2011– 2014. Global Health Action, 7(25127). DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.25127

 

    1. A book chapter and a book
  2. Mukama, E., Kagwesage, A. M., Uwizeye, D., & Ndikubwimana, J. B. (2019). Gutoranya Itsinda Nkeshwamakuru. In E. Mukama & L. Nkusi (Eds.), Ubushakashatsi mu Bumenyi Nyamuntu n’Imibanire y’Abantu (pp. 92–101). Cape Town, South Africa: African Minds Publishers. ISBN: 9781928331971
  3. Masanja VG., DeSilva NL., Uwizeye D., Niragire F. (2011). Empowering Women in Research: The Case of the National University of Rwanda. Stockholm, Sweden: Grafiska Punkten Malmö. ISBN 978-91-978436-5-2.

 

    1. Technical reports and Thesis
  2. Glinski, A., Farley, K., Bourgault, S., & Uwizeye, D. (2018). Inyenyeri Clean Cooking Pilot in Kigeme Refugee Camp: Social Impact Assessment (Technical research report for International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves). Retrieved from https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/resources/552.html
  3. Uwizeye D. (2015). Demographic and Environmental Factors Associated with the Prevalence of Diarrhoea in Huye Urban Informal Settlements, Rwanda. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
  4. Mathai JA., Munyanziza E., Barayandema J., Nyamurinda B., Uwizeye D., and Naramabuye FX. (2010). Training Manual for Farming Cooperative Managers in Rwanda. Butare: Centre for Environment, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development: National University of Rwanda. Technical Report.

 

    1. Blogs
    1. Uwizeye D. (September 25, 2019). Pastoralism: An African population phenomenon that needs the attention of researchers. Blogs, APHRC. https://aphrc.org/blogarticle/pastoralism-an- african-population-phenomenon-that-needs-the-attention-of-researchers/
    2. Uwizeye D. (October 12, 2020). CARTA fellowship builds collaborative research output between early-career health researchers in Africa. Blogs, CARTA at 10. https://cartafrica.org/carta-fellowship-builds-collaborative-research-output-between-early-career- health-researchers-in-africa/
Brief profile: 
Prof. Dieudonné Uwizeye is an Associate Professor of Demography and Population Studies and Director for Research and Innovation at the College of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Rwanda. His research explores the intersections of population dynamics, health, peacebuilding, education, gender, and resource distribution, with a focus on resource-deprived contexts. He has published widely, secured competitive research grants, and worked with partners across Africa, Europe, and North America. With extensive experience in academic leadership, postgraduate training, and mentorship, Prof. Uwizeye is committed to building strong, sustainable research ecosystems. He believes in collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to address complex societal challenges, including health inequities, peace and security, and inclusive development. He welcomes opportunities to engage in international partnerships, joint research initiatives, and capacity-strengthening programs that contribute to global knowledge and policy impact. He is fluent in English, French, and Swahili, and is a native speaker of Kinyarwanda which positions him well for diverse international collaborations.
Research Area: 
Population and Development Studies. Research ID number (ORCID): https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8969