Department of Sociology
Faculty
Faculty of Liberal Arts and Social SciencesAddress
A/2, Jahurul Islam Avenue
Jahurul Islam City, Aftabnagar
Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in Public Health in Disasters, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden and University of Oviedo, Spain
M.S.S. in Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
B.S.S. Honours in Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Helal Uddin is working as Senior Lecturer (On Study Leave) of the Sociology Department at East West University, Bangladesh. He is doing his Joint Master's Degree in Public Health in Disasters at 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 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). As Editorial Assistant of the South Asian Journal of Social Sciences (SAJSS), he proved his mastery in editing scholarly research articles. His research focuses on social determinants of health with a focus on childhood adversity and child and adult health in the context of disaster.
January 2020- Present Moderator, Agro-Industrialization Club, East West University, Bangladesh
May 2019- Present Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, East West University, Bangladesh
May 2018- April 2019 Lecturer (Sociology), General Education (GED) Cell, Eastern University, Bangladesh
September 2018- April 2019 Club Coordinator, EU Prothom Alo Bondhushava Club (EUPABC), Eastern University, Bangladesh
July 2017- Present Editorial Assistant, South Asian Journal of Social Science (SAJSS), an international peer-review journal
September 2016- Present Regional Editor (Bangladesh), Global Dialogue, a quarterly magazine of International Sociological Association (ISA)
Research Experience
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 (PI), Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts Programs, Northwestern University, Qatar
June 2016- May 2017 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
Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health and Illness, Child Health, Climate Change and Health,
2021 Huda MN, Uddin H, Hasan MK, Malo JS, Duong MC & Rahman MA. Examining Bangladesh’s responses to COVID-19 in light of Vietnam: Lessons learned. Global Biosecurity, 2021; 3(1).
https://jglobalbiosecurity.com/articles/10.31646/gbio.123/
2021 Mostafizur Rahman, Helal Uddin, Lutfun Nahar Lata & Jalal Uddin "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,
https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2021.1940129
2021 Anisur Rahman Khan, S.M. Anowarul Kayes Shimul & Helal Uddin. "Demographic Risk Factors and Motives of Male Suicide in Bangladesh: A Retrospective Content Analysis." Acta Counseling and Humanities, 1(2), 66–80. https://doi.org/10.46637/ach.v1i2.7
https://ach.idcounselor.com/index.php/ach/article/view/7
2021 Jalal Uddin, Zobayer, Helal Uddin & Andrew Tatch. "Family resilience and protective factors promote flourishing and school engagement among US children amid developmental disorder and adverse psychosocial exposure." Sociological Spectrum.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02732173.2021.1875089?src=
2020 Uddin, Jalal, Najwa Alharbi, Helal Uddin, Belal Hossain, Serra S. Hatipoglu, Leann D. Long, and April P. Carson. “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 (2020): 104-109
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2020.03.132
2020 Uddin, Jalal., Helal Uddin, & Mostafizur Rahman. “Association of women’s occupation with actual and ideal number of children in Bangladesh: a case of role incompatibility”. Demography and Social Economy. 2(40): 139-154
https://doi.org/10.15407/dse2020.02.139
Manuscripts under review
Uddin, H. Zobayer Ahmmad & Jalal Uddin. (2021). Racial-ethnic Disparities in Adolescent Obesity in the United States: The Effect of Cumulative Social Risk Varies by Race-ethnicity. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
Uddin, H., Jalal Uddin, Masum Billah, Monir Hossain. (2021). Family resilience and connection protects child flourishing and school engagement against adverse childhood experiences. Child Abuse & Neglect
Jalal Uddin, Helal Uddin, Gargya Malla, Lutfun Nahar Lata, D. Leann Long, Elizabeth H. Baker, April P. Carson. (2021). Adverse Childhood Experience and Children’s Mental Health: Separate versus Cumulative Risk Models and Potential Mediating Mechanisms. JAMA Psychiatry
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., Chowdhury, K & Uddin, H., et al. (2016-2021). 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
Conferences and Seminars
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)
SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology
SOC 102: Introduction to Anthropology
SOC 106: Historical Sociology
SOC 206: Statistics for Sociology
SOC 302: Social Structure of Bangladesh
GEN 226: Emergence of Bangladesh
# Bangladesh Studies
# Sustainable Development & Environment
Associate Member: American Sociological Association
Research Committee 09: Social Transformations and Sociology of Development, International Sociological Association (ISA)
American Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh
School of South Asian Academic & Researcher, a Network of South Asian Academic and Researcher, Dhaka, Bangladesh
British Council Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bisho Shahitto Kendro, Dhaka, Bangladesh
