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Contact Details

Phone
64 3 479 7046
Email
haizal.mh@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Department of Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences
Qualifications
BDS MDentSci(Leeds) PhD(Otago) FDSRCSEd
Research summary
Oral pathology and immunology
Teaching

Undergraduate:

  • General Pathology
  • Oral Pathology in Clinical Practice module
  • Pathogenesis of Oral Diseases module
  • Human Disease module
  • Paper coordinator for 362

Postgraduate:

  • Research Supervisor and Clinical Teaching for Doctorate in Clinical Dentistry in Oral Pathology

Research

My main core research interest is investigating immune responses in the tumour microenvironment, particularly oral squamous cell carcinoma. This research started in 2007 with subsequent completion of my PhD thesis in 2013. Three grants were obtained to fund this project with me as Principle Investigator one from Otago Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) and two from New Zealand Dental Association Research Foundation (NZDRF). This project is currently being expanded to include metastatic lymph node profiling as well as angiogenic role in oral squamous cell carcinoma metastatic spread. The current research will explore modulation of the immune system by cancer cells in the process of local invasion and lymph node metastasis and the role of angiogenesis in these processes.

Publications

Meizarini, A., Puteri, A., Yasan, Y. D. R., & Hussaini, H. M. (2023). Optimization of proteinase K incubation protocol duration during DNA extraction from oral squamous cell carcinoma FFPE samples. Dental Journal, 56(4), 233-237. doi: 10.20473/j.djmkg.v56.i4.p233-237 Journal - Research Article

Alsamahi, S., Milne, T. J., Hussaini, H. M., Rich, A. M., Cooper, P. R., & Friedlander, L. T. (2023). Effects of glycation end-products on the dental pulp in patients with type 2 diabetes. International Endodontic Journal, 56, 1373-1384. doi: 10.1111/iej.13966 Journal - Research Article

Patel, S., Milne, T. J., Hussaini, H. M., Cooper, P. R., & Friedlander, L. T. (2023, July). Hyperglycaemia and the dental pulp: So what about angiogenesis? Verbal presentation at the Faculty of Dentistry Clinical and Research Excellence Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Arora, S., Ramachandra, S. S., Cooper, P. R., & Hussaini, H. M. (2023). Prospects of passive immunotherapy to treat pulpal inflammation. In M. T. Rahman, W. Teughels & R. J. Lamont (Eds.), Immunology for Dentistry. (pp. 202-214). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781119893035.ch14 Chapter in Book - Research

Edirisinghe, S. T., Devmini, T., Pathmaperuma, S., Weerasekera, M., de Silva, K., Liyanage, I., … Rich, A., De Silva, H., Hussaini, H., … Yasawardene, S. (2023). Risk assessment of alcohol consumption for oral cancer: A case-control study in patients attending the National Cancer Institute (Apeksha Hospital, Maharagama) of Sri Lanka. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 24, 1181-1185. doi: 10.31557/apjcp.2023.24.4.1181 Journal - Research Article

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