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Joel Ambikile Seme is a Senior Lecturer at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and an Advanced Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over fifteen years of experience in teaching, clinical practice, research, and capacity building in mental health. He holds a PhD from Nagasaki University, Japan, a Master of Science in Mental Health Nursing from MUHAS, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Dar es Salaam.
He currently serves as the Curriculum Chairperson for the School of Nursing and leads the Mental Health Unit in the Clinical Department. He teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in mental health and psychiatry and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research. He provides technical assistance to governmental, non-governmental, and academic institutions on mental health and gender-based violence (GBV), and serves as a national trainer in psychosocial support (PSS) for healthcare providers and workplace mental health.
Dr. Seme’s research focuses on integrated mental health and HIV care, trauma-informed and GBV-responsive health systems, adolescent and young adult mental health, implementation science, and strengthening institutional and community responses to mental health and violence in low- and middle-income settings. He has over ten years of experience as a social scientist in HIV vaccine trials.
Theophil M, Lyimo AA, Ambikile JS. Chronic kidney disease screening and associated factors among people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. Mayne ES, editor. PLoS One [Internet]. 2026 Jun 22;21(6):e0352024. Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0352024
Mwilike BE, Philbert R, Rimoy M, Mabada L, Komba N, Okade T, et al. Long-term knowledge and skills retention following Helping Mothers Survive and Helping Babies Survive training in Tanzania: a mixed-methods follow-up study. Front Public Heal [Internet]. 2026 Jun 22;14. Available from: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2026.1824835/full
Eladi J, Sanga S, Ambikile JS. Patients’ experiences and perceptions of physical restraint in psychiatric care: A descriptive qualitative study at Muhimbili National Hospital. Montague-Cardoso K, editor. PLOS Ment Heal [Internet]. 2026 May 15;3(5):e0000608. Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000608
Ambikile JS, Ntara VM, Chikwala VZ. Midwives’ and Nurses’ Perspectives on Implementing the New Antenatal Care Guidelines in Urban Tanzania: A Qualitative Study from Dar es Salaam. Nurs Midwifery Res J [Internet]. 2026 Mar 24; Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0974150X261430996
Kiarie PW, Okombo G, Makobu W, Ambikile J, Adam MB. Patient death and nurses’ coping strategies: Perception of nurses at a tertiary referral hospital in Kenya. Ramawat VK, editor. PLoS One [Internet]. 2026 Jan 6;21(1):e0339674. Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339674
Ambikile JS, Mbao E, Mawi N, Kagoma P. Prevalence and factors associated with sexual violence: A cross-sectional study among female nursing students in higher education in Tanzania. Women’s Heal [Internet]. 2026 Jan 2;22. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17455057251410373
Ambikile JS, Tarimo EAM, Iseselo MK, Lukumay G, Munseri P, Bakari M, et al. The experience of trial participation disclosure among sex workers in a phase IIb HIV vaccine trial: A qualitative study in urban Tanzania. Bell S, editor. PLOS Glob Public Heal [Internet]. 2025 Nov 19;5(11):e0005511. Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0005511
Kahindi V, Ambikile JS, Mkoka D, Mawi N, Heri R. Knowledge on CLABSI Prevention Strategies and Associated Factors Among ICU Nurses in Dar es Salaam. East African Heal Res J [Internet]. 2025 Sep 30;9(1):190–7. Available from: https://eahrj.eahealth.org/eah/article/view/838
Ambikile JS, Mbao E, Mawi NE, Kagoma P. Prevalence and Correlates of Physical Gender-Based Violence Among Female Nursing Students: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study in Higher Educational Institutions. Inq J Heal Care Organ Provision, Financ [Internet]. 2025 Sep 29;62. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00469580251399101
Chona EZ, Gosse RA, Msengi EA, Aruldhas TP, Mkonongo L, Matle TM, et al. Life Experiences of Women Diagnosed With Cervical Cancer in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review of Qualitative Studies. Psychooncology [Internet]. 2025 Sep 10;34(9). Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pon.70280
Tarimo EA., Iseselo MK, Ambikile JS, Lukumay G, Munseri P, Bakari M, et al. “I have the vaccine in my body”: perceptions of female sex workers after enrolling in a phase IIb HIV vaccine and pre-exposure prophylaxis trial in urban Tanzania. BMC Public Health [Internet]. 2025 Aug 25;25(1):2906. Available from: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-025-24202-0
Msenga U, Ambikile JS, Buluba SE. Prevalence of anxiety and depression symptoms and associated factors among women diagnosed with breast cancer: A cross-sectional study at Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salaam–Tanzania. Getu MA, editor. PLoS One [Internet]. 2025 Jul 3;20(7):e0326749. Available from: https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0326749
Maximilian AM, Kayange LF, Gosse RA, Ambikile JS. Pain management satisfaction and associated factors among hospitalized patients at the Muhimbili Orthopedic Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. A cross-sectional study. 2025;26(4):2176–88. Available from: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/thrb/article/view/270810
