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Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Helal Uddin is working as a Senior Lecturer in the Sociology Department at East West University, Bangladesh. He obtained his Joint Master's Degree in Public Health in Disasters at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Oviedo, Spain, with the prestigious Erasmus Mundus Scholarship sponsored by the European Union. He completed his B.S.S. and M.S.S. in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. Previously, He worked at Eastern University as a Lecturer of Sociology. He also served as Assistant Director (Research and Innovation Division) at the South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST). His strong translation skills rewarded him with the position of Regional Editor of Global Dialogue, a quarterly magazine of the International Sociological Association (ISA). His research focuses on social determinants of health with a focus on childhood adversity and child and adult health in the context of disaster.
Teaching Experience
July 2021 – Present Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 2019 – July 2021 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May 2018- April 2019 Lecturer (Sociology), General Education (GED) Cell, Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research Experience
September 2023 – Present Director, Education and Training Division, South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 2016- Present Regional Editor (Bangladesh), Global Dialogue, a quarterly magazine of the International Sociological Association (ISA)
September 23-December 23 Research Fellow, Project (ID 109655): Effectiveness and Scalability of Programs for Children Who Are Out of School and at Risk of Dropping Out in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal funded by the IDRC, Knowledge, and Innovation Exchange (KIX) Program, Canada.
February 2023 – June 2023 Research Intern, The Unit for Research in Emergency and Disaster, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain
June 2018- October 2018 Research Assistant, Dr. Russell Kabir (Principal Investigator), Senior Lecturer in Research Methods, School of Allied Health, Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, Essex. UK
October 2017- April 2018 Assistant Director (Research & Innovation Division), South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 2017- April 2018 Graduate Research Assistant, Dr. Hasan Mahmud (Principal Investigator), Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts Programs, Northwestern University, Qatar
June 2016- May 2017 Young Research Fellow, South Asia Institute for Social Transformation (SAIST), Dhaka, Bangladesh
September 15-23, 2015 Interviewer, Research, Training and Management (RTM) International, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Organizational and Leadership Skill
Club Moderator, Agro-Industrialization Club, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 2024- Present
Club Moderator, Agro-Industrialization Club, East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 2020- December 2021
Conference Secretary, First Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences (ICSL 2020), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 27-29 February 2020
Club Coordinator, Eastern University Prothom Alo Bondhushava Club (EUPABC), Eastern University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 2018- April 2019
Volunteer, International Conference on South Asian Sociology & Beyond, Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-20 January 2018
Co-organizer, Young Scholar Summit 2017, R. C. Majumdar Arts Auditorium, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15 July 2017
Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness, Child Health, Climate Change, and Health,
Peer-Review Journal Articles
1. Gan, R. K., Uddin, H., Gan, A. Z., Yew, Y. Y., & González, P. A. (2023). ChatGPT's performance before and after teaching in mass casualty incident triage. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 20350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46986-0
2. Uddin, H., Hasan, M. K., & Castro-Delgado, R. (2023). Effects of mass casualty incidents on anxiety, depression and PTSD among doctors and nurses: a systematic review protocol. BMJ open, 13(9), e075478. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075478
3. Uddin, J., Uddin, H., Rahman, M., Saha, P., Hossin, M. Z., Hajizadeh, M., & Kirkland, S. (2023). Socioeconomic disparities in diabetes-concordant comorbidity: national health interview survey, 1997–2018. Public Health, 222, 160-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2023.06.041
4. Hasan, M. K., Uddin, H., Younos, T. B., Mukta, N. A. H., & Zahid, D. (2023). Prevalence of truancy among school-going adolescents in three South Asian countries: association with potential risk and protective factors. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 28(1), 2242480. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673843.2023.2242480
5. Uddin, H., & Hasan, M. K. (2023). Family resilience and neighborhood factors affect the association between digital media use and mental health among children: does sleep mediate the association?. European Journal of Pediatrics, 182(6):2521-2534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-023-04898-1
6. Hasan, M. K., Uddin, H., & Younos, T. B. (2022). Bangladeshi nursing students' perceived preparedness and readiness for disaster management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 81(2022):103303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103303
7. Khan, A. R., Uddin, H., Shimul, A. K., & Billah, M. (2022). Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis and suicide in Bangladesh: Some explanations through Durkheim’s Sociology of Suicide. Journal of Community Positive Practices, XXII (3):3-17. https://jppc.ro/index.php/jppc/article/view/561/398
8. Huda, M. N., Uddin, H., Hasan, M. K., Malo, J. S., Duong, M., & Rahman, M. A. (2021). Examining Bangladesh’s responses to COVID-19 in light of Vietnam: Lessons learned. Global Biosecurity, 3 (1):1-14. https://doi.org/10.31646/gbio.123
9. Rahman, M., Uddin, H., Lata, L. N., & Uddin, J. (2022). Associations of forms of intimate partner violence with low birth weight in India: findings from a population-based Survey. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 35(25), 7972-7979. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2021.1940129
10. Khan, A. R., Shimul, S. A. K., & Uddin, H. (2021). Demographic risk factors and motives of male suicide in Bangladesh: A retrospective content analysis. Acta counseling and humanities, 1(2), 66-80. https://ach.iicet.org/index.php/ach/article/view/7
11. Uddin, J., Ahmmad, Z., Uddin, H., & Tatch, A. (2021). Family resilience and protective factors promote flourishing and school engagement among US children amid developmental disorder and adverse psychosocial exposure. Sociological Spectrum, 41(2), 177-195. https://doi.org/10.1080/02732173.2021.1875089
12. Uddin, J., Alharbi, N., Uddin, H., Hossain, M. B., Hatipoğlu, S. S., Long, D. L., & Carson, A. P. (2020). Parenting stress and family resilience affect the association of adverse childhood experiences with children's mental health and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders, 272, 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.132
13. Uddin, J., Uddin, H., & Rahman, M. (2021). Association of women’s occupation with actual and ideal number of children in Bangladesh: a case of role incompatibility. Demography and Social Economy, 46(4):139-154. https://doi.org/10.15407/dse2020.02.139
Manuscript Under Review
Helal Uddin, Zobayer Ahmmad, Harvey L Nicholson Jr., & Jalal Uddin. The Association between Cumulative Social Risk and Adolescent Obesity: Differences by Race/Ethnicity and Income. Childhood Obesity.
Helal Uddin, Azharul Islam, Lutfun Nahar Lata, Shamsun Nahar, M.Zakir Hossin & Jalal Uddin. Associations of childhood threat and deprivation-related exposures with child mental health and flourishing: the moderating role of family resilience. Children and Youth Service Review.
Jalal Uddin, Helal Uddin, Lutfun Nahar Lata, Gargya Malla, Elizabeth Baker, D. Leann Long, Jinette Comeau, Melissa K. Andrew, & Susan Kirkland. Adverse Childhood Experience and Children’s Mental Health: Cumulative, Separate, and Simultaneous Risk Approaches. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Public Sociology
... (2022, March 9). Digital proximity tools for contact tracing and quarantine. The Daily Observer, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp.15. Digital proximity tools for contact tracing and quarantine - Op-Ed - observerbd.com
..... (2019, February 1). Socioeconomic determinants and elderly mental health in Bangladesh. The Daily Observer, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 7 https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=181010
…… (2018, October 11). State of young mental health in Bangladesh. The Daily Observer, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 7. https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=162597
…… (2018, October 7). World teacher’s day and thinking of teaching. The Daily Observer, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 6. https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=161945
…… (2018, September 6). Endangered Reserved Forest and Our Liability. The Daily Observer, Dhaka Bangladesh, pp. 6. https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=156870
……. (2017, March 21). The principle of Sustainable Development: Ensured Natural Purified Source of Water. (In Bengali), AbashanNews24.Com. Retrieved from http://www.abashannews24.com/post_details.php?id=5045
Book Review
..... (2019, April 27). Buddhist Nationalism Rohingya Crisis and Contemporary Politics, (edi) Asif Bin Ali and Sabbir Ahmed. The Daily Observer, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. 14. https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=195002
Translation Work: English to Bangla
Khondker, H., et al. (2016-Present). Global Dialogue (In Bengali). International Sociological Association (ISA), Vol. 6.3, 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1. 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1
Conferences and Seminars
Paper Presenter, “Associations of Adverse Childhood Experiences with Developmental and Psychological Well-being among Children and Adolescents: Differential Role of Positive Childhood Experiences.” In: Annual Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) Conference 2023, Toronto, May 29-June 2, 2023
Paper Presenter, "Risk Assessment of South Asian Floods (2000-2020) using the INFORM and Yew Disaster Severity Index", In: 22nd World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress 2023, Killarney, Ireland, 9-12 May, 2023
Paper Presenter, "Family resilience and neighborhood factors affect the association between digital media use and mental health among children: does sleep mediate the association?", In: 2023 XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, June 25 - July 1, 2023
Paper Presenter, “Racial-ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Obesity in the United States: The Effect of Cumulative Social Risk Varies by Race-ethnicity”, In: 2021 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting (Virtual), (6-10 August 2021)
Paper Presenter, “Family resilience and connection protects child flourishing and school engagement against adverse childhood experiences”, In: 2021 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annaul Meeting (Virtual), (6-10 August 2021)
Paper Presenter, “Adverse Childhood Experience and Children’s Mental Health: Separate versus Cumulative Risk Models and Potential Mediating Mechanisms”, In: 2021 American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting (Virtual), (6-10 August 2021)
Paper Presenter “Association of women’s occupation with actual and ideal number of children in Bangladesh: a case of role incompatibility”, In: ASA Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA. (8 July, 2020)
Paper Presenter, “Parenting stress and family resilience affect the association of adverse childhood experiences with children’s mental health and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder”, In: First Multidisciplinary International Conference on the Social and Life Sciences (ICSL 2020), East West University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (27-29th February, 2020)
Paper Presenter, “Demographic Risk Factors and Motives of Male Suicide in Bangladesh, 2018-2019”, In: 7th International Conference on Public Administration and Development, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC), Dhaka, Bangladesh, (5-6th February 2020)
Paper Presenter, “Coastal Tourism, a Blue Economy for Alternative Livelihoods: Problems and Challenges in Bangladesh”, In: 6th International Conference on Poverty and Sustainable Development 2019, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (5-6th December, 2019)
Poster Presenter, “Investment in Workers’ Health and Sustainable Growth of Garments Industry: A Study on Garments Industry in Dhaka City, Bangladesh”, In: 2nd Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at Workplace 2019, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, (17th September, 2019)
Paper Presenter, “Deforestation and Degradation of Sangu Reserved Forest in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh”, In: 8th Annual Conference of the Sociology of Development, at The University of Notre Dame, USA, (17-19th October, 2019)
Paper Presenter, “China’s Position on Rohingya Crisis from Neo-realism Perspective”, In: International Conference on the Rohingya Crisis in Comparative Perspective, at University College London (UCL), UK, (4-5th July, 2019)
Paper Presenter, “Pre-lacteal Feeding Practice among the mothers having children below 5 years of age at selected slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh”, In: 6th International Conference on Natural Science and Technology (ICNST' 19), at Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong, Bangladesh, (29-30th March 2019)
Paper Presenter, "Socioeconomic Determinants and Mental Health: A Cross-sectional Study among Urban Elderly Women in Bangladesh", In: 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Development, at United International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (19-20th February 2019)
Paper Presenter, “Assessing Choice in Buying T-shirt among the Students of Dhaka University”, In: International Conference on Envisioning Our Common Future (ICEOCF 2016), University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh, (22-23rd December 2016)
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SOC 102: Introduction to Anthropology
SOC 106: Historical Sociology
SOC 202: Social Psychology
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