Dr. Didace Ndahimana

Academic rank: 
Lecturer
Academic Leadership Position: 
Head of Department
Email: 
ndahadas@yahoo.fr
Telephone: 
+250788736184
College: 
College of Agriculture ,Animal sciences and Veterinary Medicine (CAVM)
School/centre: 
School of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Department: 
Food Science and Technology
Published Papers : 

1) Ndahimana D , Kim YJ , Wang CS, Kim EK.  Energy cost of walking in older adults: accuracy of the ActiGraph accelerometer predictive equations. Nutr Res Pract. 2022;16:e9
2) Park KW, Go NY, Jeon JH, Ndahimana D, Ishikawa-Takata K, Park J, Kim EK. Accuracy of the 24-hour diet recall method to determine energy intake in elderly women compared with the doubly labeled water method. J Nutr Health 2020;53(5):476-87. 
3) Ndahimana D, Go NY, Ishikawa-Takata K, Park J, Kim EK. Validity of the dietary reference intakes for determining energy requirements in older adults. Nutr Res Pract 2019;13(3):256-62.
4) Go NY, Ndahimana D, Kim EK. Amounts of physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns in older adults: using an accelerometer and a physical activity diary. J Nutr Health 2019;52(1):36-46.
5) Jeon JH, Go NY, Lee MR, Ndahimana D, Kim EK. Accuracy of 24-hour diet recalls for estimating energy intake in elderly men using the doubly labeled water method. Korean J Community Nutr 2018;23(6):516-24.
6) Kim EK*, Ndahimana D*, Ishikawa-Takata K, Lee S, Kim H, Lim K, Lee IS, Tanaka S, Kim YJ, Choi YJ, Ju MJ, Park J. Validation of Dietary Reference Intakes for predicting energy requirements in elementary school-age children. Nutr Res Pract 2018;12(4):336-41. (*Co-first author of the article).
7) Ndahimana D, Choi YJ, Park JH, Ju MJ, Kim EK. Validity of predictive equations for resting energy expenditure in Korean non-obese adults. Nutr Res Pract 2018;12(4):283-90.
8) Ndahimana D, Kim EK. Energy Requirements in Critically Ill Patients. Clin Nutr Res 2018;7(2):81-90. 
9) Ndahimana D, Kim EK. Measurement methods for physical activity and energy expenditure: a review. Clin Nutr Res 2017;6(2):68-80. 
10) Kim EK, Kim JH, Kim MH, Ndahimana D, Yean SE, Yoon JS, Kim JH, Park J, Ishikawa-Takata K. Validation of dietary reference intake equations for estimating energy requirements in Korean adults by using the doubly labeled water method. Nutr Res Pract 2017;11(4):300-306. 
11) Ndahimana D, Lee SH, Kim YJ, Son HR, Ishikawa-Takata K, Park J, Kim EK. Accuracy of dietary reference intake predictive equation for estimated energy requirements in female tennis athletes and non-athlete college students: comparison with the doubly labeled water method. Nutr Res Pract 2017;11:51-6.
 

Brief profile: 
Dr. Didace Ndahimana is a Lecturer and Acting Head of Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Rwanda (UR). He holds a PhD Degree in Food and Nutrition from Gangneung-Wonju National University in South Korea (obtained in 2018), a MSc Degree in Nutrition Policy from Senghor University in Egypt (obtained in 2009) and a BSc Degree in Dairy Science and Technology from Alexandria University in Egypt (obtained in 2007). He is fluent in English and French in addition to Kinyarwanda as mother tongue. At the University of Rwanda, Dr. Didace’ responsibilities include teaching, research and community outreach. On the teaching aspect, he has been teaching different courses in the area of human nutrition. His research interests include the determination of nutritional requirements for different categories of the population, nutrition and food security as well as nutritional epidemiology. Dr. Didace Ndahimana has authored eleven articles in peer-reviewed journals in the area of human nutrition. Currently, he is a PI in the innovation project named: “Development of a nutrient-rich porridge flour for infants and young children using local foods and simple technologies” and a Co-PI in another project named: “Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes and soybeans blended instant flour”. He is also a team member in the ongoing innovation project named “Valorisation of waste whey generated from Rwandan cheese making small and medium enterprises (SMEs)”. Regarding the aspect of community outreach, he has been contributing to the training communities in collaboration with USAID-Hinga Weze project, which is implemented in 10 Districts across Rwanda. Trainings have manly focused on food safety and nutrition. Finally, Dr. Didace is an e-learning expert in the project named “Enhancement of Rwandan Higher Education in Strategic Field for Sustainable Growth (EnRHEd)” which is funded by the Erasmus+.
Research Area: 
Food and nutrition