Rate My Professor Haizal Hussaini

Professor Hussaini's research specializations encompass oral pathology and immunology, with a core interest in investigating immune responses in the tumour microenvironment, particularly of oral squamous cell carcinoma, research initiated in 2007 and culminating in his PhD in 2013. Current projects explore modulation of the immune system by cancer cells in local invasion, lymph node metastasis, metastatic lymph node profiling, and the angiogenic role in oral squamous cell carcinoma spread. He has secured three grants as Principal Investigator: one from the Otago Medical Research Foundation and two from the New Zealand Dental Association Research Foundation. In his teaching role, he delivers undergraduate instruction in General Pathology, Oral Pathology in Clinical Practice, Pathogenesis of Oral Diseases, and Human Disease modules, coordinates Paper 362, and supervises postgraduate research along with clinical teaching for the Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry in Oral Pathology. Additionally, he serves as Councillor for Australasia in the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologists. Key publications include "Differential expressions of inflammatory, dentinogenic, regulatory, proliferative and stemness genes in non-carious and carious human dental pulp tissues: An ex vivo proof-of-concept study" (2026, International Endodontic Journal), "Sclerosing odontogenic carcinoma: A review of a challenging entity in malignant odontogenic classification with a focus on perineural invasion and cellular proliferation" (2026, Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine), "Papilliferous keratoameloblastoma (PKA): Is it a different clinicopathological entity or histological subtype of conventional ameloblastoma?" (2026, Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine), and a book chapter "Histopathology of reactive hyperplastic lesions of the oral mucosa" (2025). His contributions have amassed approximately 1,948 citations on Google Scholar, underscoring his influence in the field.