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 disasters.