Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• PhD in Public Health, Flinders University, South Australia
• Masters in Rural Sociology and Development, Sylhet Agricultural University
• Bachelor in Agricultural Economics, Sylhet AGricultural University

Positions and Affiliations

• Assistant Professor, Department of Rural Sociology and Development, Sylhet Agricultural University

Awards and Scholarships

• Awarded Australian Government Research Training Program (AGRTP) Scholarship (Int.) to study PhD at College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Australia from 18 March 2019 to 18 March 2023.
• Awarded “Macquarie University Scholarship for South Asian Students 2019” to study Master of Policy and Applied Social Research (083805J) at Macquarie University, Australia.
• Best publication award 2022. College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, South Australia, 5042.

Role as Reviewer

• Reviewer, Journal of childcare in practice, Routledge.
• Reviewer, Journal of children and young people’s health.

Professional Memberships

• Member, Bangladesh Agricultural Economist Association
• Member, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect (ISPCAN)
• Member, Australian Public Health Association, Canberra

Other Social and Cultural Organization Involvement

• President and Vice-President, Flinders University Bangladeshi Student Association (2021, 2022)
• Member, South Australian Social Workers Community.
• Member, International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN).

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• Ahad, M.A., Parry, Y. Willis, E. and Ullah, S. Characteristics of perpetrators of child labor maltreatment: A qualitative study drawing on the perspectives of experts in child protection. ISPCAN Congress 2022, March 28-30, 2022, Quebec City, Canada.
• Ahad, M.A., Parry, Y. Willis, E. and Ullah, S. The prevalence and nature of maltreatment of child laborers in Bangladesh: A qualitative study of experts’ perspectives preliminary critiquing. The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference 2022, University of Sydney, Australia.
• Ahad, M.A., Parry, Y. Willis, E. and Ullah, S. The prevalence and impact of the maltreatment of child laborers in developing countries: A scoping review protocol. The 13th Asian Conference on Education, 2021(ACE 2021) arranged by The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Tokyo, Japan.
• Yvonne Parry, Matthew Ankers, Dr Nina Sivertsen, Eileen Willis, Annette Briley, Lauren Lines, Md Abdul AHAD. Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Led Universal Health assessments and Developmental Screening Linking Education & Health for the Under 5s. Child Health Research Symposium, 2023, Perth, Australia.

Training

• “Foundation Training for University Teacher” supported by UGC, conducted by Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.
• Training on (HLTAID003) Provide first aid, (HLTAID002) Provide basic emergency life support and (HLTAID001) Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, organized by CBD college, South Australia.
• “Project Cycle and Financial Management” supported by the HEQEP, UGC, organized by the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• “Research Methodology” supported by the HEQEP, UGC, organized by the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• “Research Proposal” supported by HEQEP, UGC, organized by the Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Business Studies, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100.
• Annual Academic Internship Program for Doctoral Student, Flinders University, South Australia, 5042. March-December, 2022.
• “The repliCATS Virtual Workshop on predicting the replicability of published research in the social and behavioural science literature” organized by the repliCATS project team, The University of Melbourne, Australia, funded by DARPA (US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency). 2022
• Advanced workshop on practice and application of NVivo in qualitative research, organized by Faculty of Social Sciences, Flinders University. 2020
• Application of R-console in quantitative research project conducted by the Centre for the Advancement of Research Methods and Analysis’ (CARMA), South Australia. 2021
• Training on (HLTAID003) Provide first aid, (HLTAID002) Provide basic emergency life support and (HLTAID001) Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation, organized by CBD college, South Australia. 2022, 2024