Health Project

Brief Professional Resume

Dr ASM AMANULLAH

BSS (Hons), MSS, PhD (Sydney)

Associate Professor

Department of Sociology

University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

& Adjunct Faculty, Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB)

Email: ***********@*******.***

****@*****.***; ****@***.***.**

018******* (mobile), 8125755 (Home)

PERSONAL DETAILS:

Marital status: Married

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Health: Excellent

Driver s License: Bangladeshi, Australian, and International

Residency: Australian

CAREER SUMMARY:

A faculty member in Sociology/Public Health with over fourteen (14) years of

demonstrated experience and strong research interests in HIV/AIDS, STDs/STIs, RTIs,

mass media, risk-communication, BCC, family planning, reproductive health, nutrition,

water and sanitation, and other public health and communication issues.

EDUCATION:

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The University of New South Wales (The UNSW),

Sydney, Australia, 2002.

Thesis Title: A sociocultural analysis of sexual risk and disease in a

developing country: the failure of KAP-based theories applied to

controlling HIV/AIDS in the Bangladeshi sex industry

Master of Social Sciences (MSS) (Thesis) in Sociology (First Class), University of

Dhaka

Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS) (Hons) in Sociology (First Class First), University

of Dhaka

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RESEARCH GRANT/SCHOLARSHIP:

1996, UGC Grant: Incidence of Divorce and Its Effects in Rural Bangladesh: A

Socio-Anthropological Study

1997, The UNSW (Sydney) Grant: International Post Graduate Research

Scholarship (A prestigious and highly competitive grant from the Commonwealth

of Australia)

1998-2002, The UNSW (Sydney) Grant: Risk-communication (BCC), Commercial

Sex Workers and HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh

1999, Sweden-Bangladesh Trust Fund

INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR/WORKSHOP COORDINATOR:

Conducted (being one of the key resource persons) an international

seminar/workshop on Gender and Human Resources for Health: Capacity

Development Through Education and Training. The workshop was jointly organized

in October 2004 by Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canada

and University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC).

Member, Steering committee, international seminar/workshop on Health Equity in

Health System of Bangladesh. The workshop will be organized jointly by CIDA,

Social Development Policies Division, Quebec, Canada and IUB in May 2005 in

Bangladesh.

Key Note Speaker:

Centre for Health, Population and Development, Independent University,

Bangladesh (IUB) Seminar Series on Population and Development. Title:

"Cultural construction of sexual and other risk-behaviors relating to

HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh". Held at IUB on December 2nd, 2004

Centre for Human Security and Australia-Bangladesh Research Centre. Title:

Women and AIDS: Behavioral and Cultural Perspective . Held at

Commerce Auditorium, Dhaka University on 6 December 2004.

Paper presented on Bangladesh and HIV/AIDS: A Fatal Silence . The

workshop was jointly organized in October 2004 by the Canadian International

Development Agency (CIDA), Canada and University Grants Commission of

Bangladesh (UGC).

Paper presented on Bangladeshi Commercial Sex Workers and HIV/AIDS .

The workshop was organized in December 2001 by The Department of Sociology,

The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Paper presented on Media Habits of Bangladeshi Commercial Sex

Workers . The seminar was organized in May 2002 by The University of New

South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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Paper presented on Dysfunctional KAP models, HIV/AIDS and Bangladeshi

Commercial Sex Workers . The seminar/workshop was organized in March

1999 by The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Attended 10 TV programs (BTV, ATN, NTV, Channel I) on World AIDS Day 2004

and discussed contributing towards a positive change in the approach, practices,

and policies of authorities, service providers and civil society towards sex workers

in Bangladesh, and a reduction in exploitation and discrimination against them.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD:

1994 to date

Employer: Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Position held: Associate Professor

Duties: Teaching/Research

January 2005 to date

Employer: School of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University of

Bangladesh (IUB)

Position held: Adjunct Faculty

Duties: Teaching/Research

1998 to 2002

Employer: School of Sociology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Position held: Casual Academic/Tutor

Duties: Teaching/Research (Graduate/Undergraduate classes)

1999 to 2003

Employer: ABRC, Sydney, Australia

Position held: Consultant/CEO

Description of duties: Training/Research

1996 to 1997

Employer: Department of Psychology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Position held: Part-time Lecturer/Assistant Professor

Description of duties: Teaching/Research

1993 to 1994

Employer: Department of Sociology, Shahjalal University of Science & Technology,

Bangladesh.

Position held: Lecturer

Description of duties: Teaching/Research

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1992 to 1993

Employer: Research and Evaluation Division (RED) of BRAC, Dhaka

Position held: Staff Sociologist

Description of duties: Research/Evaluation of Rural Development and Health Projects of

BRAC.

RECENT CONSULTANCIES/PUBLICATIONS:

2005a

Consultant and co-author of the report: Effectiveness/Impact Assessment Study

of Social Mobilization for Awareness Building (SOCMOB-AB) Component on Behavioral

Change . UNICEF, DPHE and the Center for Social Research, ACNielsen Bangladesh.

2005b

Consultant: Baseline survey on CSWs and HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh. BCCP-Johns

Hopkins University and Mitra and Associates, Dhaka.

2005c

National Expert and Consultant: Incorporation of HIV/AIDS in the Secondary

and Higher Secondary Education of Bangladesh under the project

Prevention of HIV/AIDS among Youths and Adolescents in Bangladesh

(Package # 903). The project is sponsored by GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS,

Tuberculosis and Malaria. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, The Peoples Republic

of Bangladesh and Save the Children Fund, USA. Implementing Agency: Piact,

Bangladesh.

2005d

National Expert and Consultant: Baseline Survey on HIV/AIDS for Audience

Impact Assessment under the project Prevention of HIV/AIDS among

Youths and Adolescents in Bangladesh (Package # 901). The project is

sponsored by GFATM: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Ministry of

Health and Family Welfare, The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and Save the Children

Fund, USA. Implementing Agency: Mattra and Piact, Bangladesh.

2004a

Consultant and co-author of the report: Baseline Survey for Youth on HIV/AIDS

and Other STIs . UNFPA and the Center for Social Research, ACNielsen, Dhaka,

Bangladesh

2004b

Consultant and co-author of the report: Baseline Survey on Knowledge, Attitude

and Behavior of Target Population of RHIYA Project Sites Bangladesh-2004 . UNFPA

and the Center for Social Research, ACNielsen, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

2004c

Consultant and co-author of the report: Baseline Survey for Focused Community

Assessment of Adolescent Reproductive Health Communication Program . BCCP-JHU

and the Center for Social Research, ACNielsen Bangladesh.

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2004d

Consultant and co-author of the report: Survey on the Meena Communication

Initiatives in Bangladesh 2004 . UNICEF-ROSA, Nepal and the Center for Social

Research, ACNielsen Bangladesh.

2004e

Consultant and co-author of the report: Effectiveness/Impact Assessment Study

of Social Mobilization for Awareness Building (SOCMOB-AB) Component on Behavioral

Change . UNICEF, Dhaka and Center for Social Research, ACNielsen Bangladesh

(forthcoming).

2004f

Author: The failure of KAP-based theories applied to controlling HIV/AIDS in

Bangladesh . University Press Ltd. (UPL), Dhaka, Bangladesh (Forthcoming).

2003a

Author: Flaws in the Model: KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) Strategies to

Identify Risks of HIV Infection Among Sex Workers in a Developing Country (Abstract

accepted by AIDS Impact 2001, England) (Forthcoming).

2003b

Author: Bangladeshi Female Sex Workers (FSWs) at risk for rapid HIV infection:

Inconsistent and inefficacious usage of condoms (Forthcoming).

2001

Co-author: Risking the Future: Unprotected Intercourse and HIV/AIDS Knowledge

among Female Sex Workers in Central Bangladesh . International Quarterly of

Community Health Education (Published by Community Health Education, School of

Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA,

01003-0430). Co-authors: Prof. Ann Daniel, Frances Lovejoy, and S.E. Habib, School of

Sociology, The UNSW).

2000

Author: AIDS Knowledge, Condom Use and Sexual Behavior among Commercial Female

Sex Workers in Bangladesh . Social Science Review. Vol. 17, No. 2, Pp. 147-159.

1998

Co-author: The Reaches and Role of Mass Media among High Risk Groups in

Bangladesh . Social Science Review, Vol. XV, No. 1, Pp. 217-238. (Co-author: Prof. Ann

Daniel).

1997

Author: Current Status of Exposure of the Target Population to Different Mass Media of

FP-MCH IEC Activities in Bangladesh . Social Science Review, Vol. XIV. No.1, Pp. 283-

294.

1996

Author: Sexual Behavior of Commercial Sex Workers in Bangladesh: A Sociological

Analysis. Social Science Review. Vol. XIII. No. 2.

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Previous National/Regional Study/Survey Experiences:

1998a: Project Director and co-author of the report: Incidence of Divorce and Its Effects

in Rural Bangladesh: A Socio-Anthropological Study. Dhaka University and the University

Grants Commission (UGC), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

1998b: Expert: National Media Survey, 1998. Bangladesh Center for Communication

Programs, Johns Hopkins University (JHU)/USA, Social Marketing Company (SMC),

UNICEF and ORG-MARG Quest Ltd., Dhaka.

1996a: Consultant: Diarrhea Morbidity and Treatment Survey. SMC, Dhaka and Mitra

and Associates, Dhaka.

1996b: Consultant and co-author of the report: First National HIV/AIDS and Condom

Use Study. Social Marketing Company (SMC), Dhaka and Population Services

International (PSI), USA and Mitra and Associates, Dhaka.

1996c: Consultant: Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project (BINP). Mitra and

Associates, Dhaka.

1996d: Consultant and co-author of the report: Rural Communication Program Follow-up

Survey 1996. Mitra and Associates, Dhaka and CCP/JHU, Dhaka.

1996e. Consultant and Co-author of the report: "Socio-Economic Background of Child

Domestics in Dhaka City", Save the Children Fund Australia, Dhaka.

1995a: Consultant and co-author of the report: The 1995 National Media Survey.

Mitra and Associates, Dhaka and CCP/JHU, SMC and UNICEF.

1995b: Consultant and co-author of the report: The 1995 National VDP Survey. Mitra

and Associates, Dhaka and UNICEF, Dhaka.

1995c: Consultant and co-author of the published report: Clients Exposure of different

Media on IEC activities. Mitra and Associates, Dhaka; Planning Commission, Ministry of

Planning, GOB; and World Bank Dhaka.

1994a: Consultant: Rural FP Communication Program Baseline Survey-1994. CCP/Johns

Hopkins University and Mitra and Associates, Dhaka.

1994b: Consultant: The Baseline Survey of the NGO Family Planning Services Projects of

CARE- Bangladesh. CARE and Mitra and Associates, Dhaka.

1994c: Co-author of the Village Studies Project s (VSP) manual, Bangladesh Rural

Advancement Committee (BRAC), Dhaka.

OTHER CONSULTANCY/ACADEMIC WORK:

1995: Sociology. A textbook (Bengali) for graduate and undergraduate classes (Co-

author), Kathakali Printers, Dhaka.

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1990b: Consultant in a study of drug addiction among the students of Dhaka University.

Department of Sociology, University of Dhaka and Association for Social Advancement

(ASA), Dhaka.

1989a: Completed an Advance Research Thesis on 'Social Change in Bangladesh from

1972- 1990 (A Marxian Analysis of the Political Economy of Bangladesh) as a partial

fulfillment of Masters degree.

1989b: Consultant, Baseline Survey on Water Development Board Projects in

Bangladesh (Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka).

1988: Prepared Honors Monograph on 'Urbanization in Bangladesh', Department of

Sociology, University of Dhaka.

DEMONSTRATED EXPERTISE IN MANAGING SOCIAL SURVEYS/

PROJECTS:

-Preparation of research designs/projects

-Preparation of guidelines for implementing research/projects and inception report

-Undertaking qualitative and quantitative research on projects relating to health,

nutrition, communication, FP-MCH etc.

-Assisting in developing new research projects within the framework and on the

priorities decided by the donors/commission agents

-Identifying research, education and support strategies for the risk population including

sex workers and IDUs, based on harm minimization strategies

-Training and supervision of research staff and managing resources

-Providing a range of services including the development and evaluation of client

services across all HIV/AIDS and communication related program areas

-Co-ordination, design, implementation and evaluation of HIV/AIDS and BCC programs

-Developing strategies and programs to reduce the risk practices related to non-use of

condoms use of drugs and alcohol by the SWs and their clienteles

-Arranging individual and group counseling for risk practicing groups

-Establishing and maintaining links and referral mechanisms with local health agencies

and GO/NGOs

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE IN MANAGING SOCIAL SURVEYS/PROJECTS:

-Writing of technical and financial proposals. Overall responsibility for planning and

implementation of surveys

-Developing sample design/Drawing of samples

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-Recruiting and Training of survey personnel. Planning and co-ordination of computer

data processing work of surveys/studies

-Planning and Reviewing of output tables

-Developing questionnaires. Preparation of tabulation plans. Development of coding plans

and code instruction

-Supervision of the editing, coding, and tabulation works. Supervision of fieldwork and

conducting quality-checks

-Data analysis (both statistical and descriptive) and writing of draft and final reports

SEMINARS/TRAINING WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

Attended various national and international seminars/trainings/workshops on:

HIV/AIDS and Condom use

Cultural construction of HIV/AIDS

Behavior Change Communication (BCC)

Research Methodology (Quantitative/Qualitative/RRA/PRA etc.)

Applied Statistics in Social Research

Priorities of Health & Environmental Studies of Bangladesh

Shifting Media Habits in Bangladesh

Research priorities in Health and Population

Diarrhea Morbidity and Treatment

Strategies of Rural Development

Formal and Non-formal Credit Management

Risk-communication

Child Domestics

Gender and Health Human Resources

Gender Mainstreaming

Determinants of Fertility Control in Bangladesh

Adolescents Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh

Youth and HIV/AIDS and other STDs

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Completed training on Summer Science Course in Anthropology organized by the

Department of Anthropology, University of Dhaka, April 1995.

Awarded certificates after successful completion of a training program titled

Research and Reporting of Scholarly Information in Social Sciences, organized by

American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS), Pen-State University (USA) and Center

for Development Research, Bangladesh (CDRB), December 1994.

Participated in RRA and PRA Research Methodology and Anthropometric Measures

in Development Research training organized by Bangladesh Rural Advancement

Committee (BRAC), August 1994.

Received training on various computer packages such as Windows 98, 2000; HG;

Microsoft Excel; and SPSS-PC+.

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LANGUAGE AND DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY:

Language Reading Writing Speaking

English Excellent Excellent Excellent

Bengali Mother tongue

Urdu/Hindi Functional

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

i) Member, Bangladesh Sociological Association (BSA), Bangladesh

ii) Member, Bangladesh Population Association (BPA)

iii) Member, Dhaka University Teacher s Club

iv) Member, Rotary club, Gulshan Lake City

v) Ex. Member SUST Teacher s Association

vi) Trustee, Amina-Atique Social Welfare Trust, Hobiganj, Sylhet

COUNTRIES OF WORK EXPERIENCE:

Australia, Bangladesh and India

COMPUTER LITERACY:

Windows 98, 2000-xp; HG; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Access, Microsoft PowerPoint,

Ethnograph, SPSS-PC+, and Internet Browsing etc.

REFERENCE:

Professor Mahbub Ahmed

Department of Sociology

Dhaka University

Tel: 8616189

Professor Dr Ann Daniel

School of Sociology, The UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Tel: 61-040*-******; 61-2-6226 5328 (home); 61-2-9385 2608 (work)

Frances Lovejoy

School of Sociology, The UNSW, Sydney, Australia

Tel: 61-2-9385 2301 (work)

Dr Anwar Islam

Principal Advisor, Health

CIDA, Quebec, Canada

Tel: 819-***-****

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