Research Output per year
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.
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- Private consulting suites at The Children's Private Medical Group
- Researchgate profile
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
Network
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Research Output 2011 2019
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
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
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
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, , 29 Nov 2016, In : Genome Biology. 17, 1, 21 p., 243.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous and non-Indigenous children in Western Australia, 1990-2012
Haynes, A., Kalic, R., Cooper, M., Hewitt, J. K. & Davis, E. A., 2 May 2016, In : Medical Journal of Australia. 204, 8, p. 303 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
Advanced Trainee Research Prize
Jacky Hewitt (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Alan Charters Elective Prize
Jacky Hewitt (Recipient), 2000
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2010 2010
- 5 Peer review responsibility
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (Journal)
Jacky Hewitt (Peer reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Pediatrics (Journal)
Jacky Hewitt (Peer reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Nature Publishing Group (Publisher)
Jacky Hewitt (Peer reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Clinical Endocrinology (Journal)
Jacky Hewitt (Peer reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (Journal)
Jacky Hewitt (Peer reviewer)Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press / Media
Lack of sun causing rickets in Australian children
3/02/18
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Network Ten's The Project: Environmental chemicals and breast development in children
1/01/15
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment