MD Jalal Uddin is a Research Data Associate in the Department of Population Health within the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. He graduated with a Masters degree in Data Science from the CUNY School of Professional Studies in 2019. He holds a Bachelors degree in Statistics from Hunter College. In his role, he provides health education and coaching in Bengali/English as part of a community health worker intervention to improve diabetes prevention and management in the South Asian community. He works closely with primary care practices participating in the intervention, and assists with data collection and technical assistance for optimizing use of electronic health records (EHR). Within the MASALA Study, he will be recruiting individuals for the NYU site and will conduct MASALA Visit 1B exams.
As a fellow immigrant himself, Jalal uses his understanding of the South Asian community and community resources to assist community members to achieve their goals for a better life. He enjoys motivating community members to change their food and physical activity behaviors to improve their health, as well as assisting community members with unemployment, health insurance and immigration processes. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music, reading and playing badminton.