Rate My Professor Caroline McMillen

Professor McMillen has authored more than 200 publications and delivered over 70 invited presentations at international and national meetings. Notable works include 'Improving pregnancy outcomes in humans through studies in sheep' (American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2018) and 'Maternal undernutrition in late gestation increases IGF2 signalling molecules and collagen deposition in the right ventricle of the fetal sheep heart' (The Journal of Physiology, 2018). She supervised over 50 Honours and PhD students who secured national honours and fellowships across research, industry, medicine, and education. Her leadership extends to chairing the Endocrinology, Reproduction and Development Commission of the International Union of Physiological Sciences—the only Australian in that position—and serving on Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council grant panels, as well as the Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council working group on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander maternal and perinatal health. Major honours include Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (2015), Officer of the Order of Australia (2020) for distinguished service to medical science and tertiary education, Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales, and Bragg Member of the Royal Institution of Australia. Following her time at Newcastle, she served as Chief Scientist for South Australia from 2018 to 2023.