​Dr. Azhar Hussain is the Director of Research & Teaching Laboratories at AKU's Medical College, overseeing laboratory operations across AKU campuses. With over 20 years of laboratory management experience, Dr. Hussain has led multiple infrastructure upgrades, SOP development, and facility expansions, including current projects at BBS Labs at AKU's Stadium Road campus. His research focuses on cancer biology, particularly dysregulated survival pathways and apoptosis in malignancies such as lymphomas, leukemia, colorectal, thyroid, and ovarian cancers, with publications in leading journals including Blood, Cancer Research, and JCEM.​