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Associate Professor
Michael Terrence Gabbett
MBBS FRACP
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 Michael Gabbett chairing 2017 RACP Congress in Melbourne
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| Education |
University of Queensland (MBBS 1997) University of Newcastle (MMedSc 2006) University of New South Wales (MHM 2018) |
| Known for |
Temple-Baraitser syndrome Semi-identical twins |
| Medical career | |
| Field | Paediatrics |
| Sub-specialties | Clinical genetics |
Michael Terrence Gabbett is an Australian clinical geneticist and academic. He is an Associate Professor at both Queensland University of Technology and Griffith University. Gabbett is known for contributing to discovering the genetic basis of semi-identical (sesquizygotic) twins and defining the clinical features and molecular cause of Temple-Baraitser syndrome.
Early life
Gabbett attended high school at Marist College Ashgrove, where he was awarded the Australian Student Prize and was accepted into the University of Queensland to study medicine.
Service to professional organisations
For three years (2015-2018), Gabbett was chair of the scientific programme and the local organising committees (Lead Fellow) for RACP Congress, the annual scientific meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians'. Gabbett has served as president of the Australasian Association of Clinical Geneticists (2017-2019). From 2018 to 2022, Gabbett sat on Council of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia as Treasurer.