Michael Terrence Gabbett

Associate Professor Michael Terrence Gabbett MBBS MMedSc(Clin.Epid) MHM FRACP AFRACMA MAICD
Born	(1974-01-20) 20 January 1974 Brisbane, Australia
🎓 Alma mater	University of Queensland (MBBS); University of Newcastle (M.Med.Sci(Clin.Epid)); University of New South Wales (MHM); Queensland University of Technology (PhD)
💼 Occupation
Known for	Sesquizygosis; Temple-Baraitser syndrome
👩 Spouse(s)	Robert J. O'Sullivan
🌐 Website	www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/michael.gabbett

Michael Terrence Gabbett MBBS MMedSc(Clin.Epid) MHM FRACP AFRACMA MAICD (born 20 January 1974) is an Australian clinical geneticist and genomic researcher.

Early life and education

Associate Professor Gabbett was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 20 January 1974. His parents were both came from humble households in Toowoomba on the Darling Downs. His father subsequently became a very successful self-made businessman. After completing high school at Marist College Ashgrove, Gabbett was awarded the Australian Student Prize and he was accepted into the University of Queensland to study medicine.

Career

After graduating Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Gabbett completed his medical internship on the Gold Coast and his residency at the Mater Hospital, Brisbane. He was then accepted into paediatric training by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Gabbett subsequently qualified as a general paediatrician and then moved to Sydney to take up fellowship positions in medical genetics at The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital where he learnt the practice of clinical genetics from luminaries such as David O. Sillence, Kathryn North, John Christodoulou, Meredith J. Wilson and David R. Mowat. He returned to his hometown of Brisbane in order to complete his training by studying the expression of murine laminin alpha 1 at the Institute of Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland. Gabbett concurrently studied his Master of Medical Science in clinical epidemiology whilst undertaking training in clinical genetics.

Gabbett took up a staff specialist position with Queensland Health as a consultant clinical geneticist. He worked in public medicine for over a decade, gaining formal qualifications in medical administration along the way from the University of Newcastle and the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, and in corporate governance from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His work in the public system included roles in health administration at Children's Health Queensland and the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital.

Gabbett then embarked on a formal career in academia, co-ordinating a new Master's degree in diagnostic genomics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and undertaking research on the application of genomics to newborn screening, which became the topic of his PhD thesis. In addition to his appointment as Associate Professor at QUT, he holds adjunct academic positions with the medical schools at the University of Queensland and Griffith University. Gabbett maintains his clinical skills through a small private practice, The Mendel Institute.

Research

Gabbett has published extensively on the characterization of both the phenotype and genotype of rare diseases. He has seminal publications defining the clinical features and molecular cause of Temple-Baraitser syndrome. With his colleague, Nicholas Fisk, Gabbett led a collaboration that undertook molecular work to support a proposed mechanism for semi-identical twinning in humans.

Publications

Journal articles

Google Scholar lists over 40 documents by Gabbett, which have been cited in excess of 940 times, and calculates his h-index as 15.

Book chapters

• Gabbett MT & Raz M. (2018). Speciality Training. In: Raz M & Loh E, eds. The Australian Medicine Careers Guide. The Federation Press; 109-122. ISBN 978-176002-167-2 Search this book on .
• Gabbett MT. (2010). Future Developments in Newborn Metabolic and Genetic Screening. In: Discoll C & McPherson B, eds. Newborn Screening Systems: The Complete Perspective. San Diego: Pleural Publishing;. 157-163. ISBN 978-1-5975-6318-5 Search this book on .

Websites

• Gabbett MT. (2022). KCNH1. In: deVries B (Ed). Human Disease Genes. https://humandiseasegenes.nl/kcnh1

Service to professional organisations

Gabbett has applied his formal training in administration and governance to serve his profession.

Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)

Gabbett has served on multiple College bodies, including:

• Council of the Division of Paediatrics and Child Health
• Council of the Division of Adult Medicine
• Fellowship Committee
• Queensland State Committee (2007-2016), including as chair (2012-2014)

Additionally, he has undertaken many responsibilities relating to the teaching and training of junior doctors. He helped to revitalise the curricula for the College through service to Curriculum Advisory Group. He has taught numerous College trainees, preparing for their theory and clinical examinations. Gabbett served as regional examiner for the old Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane (2010-2016). From 2005 to 2016, Gabbett was a member of the Advanced Training Committee for Clinical Genetics.

For three years (2014-2017), Gabbett led the delivery of the highlight of the College's annual calendar, College Congress, serving as Lead Fellow, which combined the roles or chair of the Scientific Programme Committee and Chair of the Organizing Committee.

Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists (AACG)

Gabbett sat on the executive of the AACG for 14 years, from 2008 to 2022. During this period of time he served as secretary, treasurer, deputy president, president and immediate past president of the Association. His key achievements include authorship of terms of reference for the Association and establishment of the Nigel Clarke Memorial Bursary.

Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA)

Gabbett has served on Council of HGSA since 2016. As treasurer (2018-), he worked closely with the CEO to consolidate the Society's funds and grow its investments. He subsequently established a research foundation to support the work of genomic scientists. Gabbett authored the first strategic plan for the Society in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, he chaired a working party to update the HGSA's recommendations outlining core capabilities in genetics and genomics for medical graduates.

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA)

Gabbett served an 11 year tenure (2007 to 2017) as the Associate Fellow representative on the RACMA Queensland Jurisdictional Committee.

Recognition

• 2017 - Appointed Advocate, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
• 1991 - Australian Student Prize

References

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