Jacky Hewitt

Personal profile

Biography

Dr Jacky Hewitt is a paediatric endocrinologist and clinician-scientist with strong clinical and research expertise in the development of sex and gender. She has published original research, treatment guidelines, and contributed to textbooks within the field.

She is presently a senior lecturer at Monash University, and examines for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Dr Hewitt sits on the editorial review board for a number of key endocrine journals, and sits on multiple national and international health advisory committees. She consults for government bodies on issues regarding sex and gender.

Dr Hewitt also performs humanitarian aid work, and is a Director of Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia. She is a committed advocate for diverse and marginalised children.

Research interests

Disorders of sex development / intersex
Gonadal dysgenesis
Turner syndrome
Klinefelter syndrome
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Hypospadias
Testicular regression syndrome/anorchia
Premature ovarian failure/primary ovarian insufficiency
Gender dysphoria and transgender

Consulting

Dr Hewitt regularly consults for government and legal agencies on issues relating to sex and gender.

Research area keywords

Paediatrics
Sex Determination
Intersex Conditions
Gender
Disorders of sex development

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Research Output

11 Article
5 Chapter (Book)
4 Letter
3 Comment / Debate
3 More
- 3 Review Article

Author Correction: Human sex reversal is caused by duplication or deletion of core enhancers upstream of SOX9 (Nature Communications, (2018), 9, 1, (5319), 10.1038/s41467-018-07784-9)

Croft, B., Ohnesorg, T., Hewitt, J., Bowles, J., Quinn, A., Tan, J., Corbin, V., Pelosi, E., van den Bergen, J., Sreenivasan, R., Knarston, I., Robevska, G., Vu, D. C., Hutson, J., Harley, V., Ayers, K., Koopman, P. & Sinclair, A., 1 Dec 2019, In : Nature Communications. 10, 1, 3351.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review

Open Access

Human sex reversal is caused by duplication or deletion of core enhancers upstream of SOX9

Croft, B. M., Ohnesorg, T., Hewitt, J., Bowles, J., Quinn, A., Tan, J., Corbin, V. D. A., Pelosi, E., Van Den Bergen, J., Sreenivasan, R., Knarston, I. M., Robevska, G., Vu, D. C., Hutson, J., Harley, V., Ayers, K., Koopman, P. & Sinclair, A., 14 Dec 2018, In : Nature Communications. 9, 1, 10 p., 5319.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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23 Citations (Scopus)

Prophylactic Vitamin D Supplementation in High-Risk Breastfed Infants

Pinto, S., Bergman, P., Brown, J., Welch, J. & Hewitt, J. K., 1 Dec 2017, In : Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 53, 12, 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Other › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Disorders of sex development: Insights from targeted gene sequencing of a large international patient cohort

Eggers, S., Sadedin, S., van den Bergen, J. A., Robevska, G., Ohnesorg, T., Hewitt, J., Lambeth, L., Bouty, A., Knarston, I. M., Tan, T. Y., Cameron, F., Werther, G., Hutson, J., O'Connell, M., Grover, S. R., Heloury, Y., Zacharin, M., Bergman, P., Kimber, C., Brown, J. & 7 others, Webb, N., Hunter, M. F., Lafferty, A. R., Harley, V., Koopman, P., Ayers, K. L. & Sinclair, A. H., 29 Nov 2016, In : Genome Biology. 17, 1, 21 p., 243.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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90 Citations (Scopus)