Rate My Professor Michelle Jack

Associate Professor Michelle Jack serves as Clinical Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, with affiliations to the Rural Clinical School (Northern Rivers) and the Northern Clinical School. Holding MBBS with First Class Honours and a PhD from the University of Queensland (2003), she is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), holds a Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies (Higher Education) from the University of Sydney, and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Her career spans clinical practice as Senior Staff Specialist in Paediatric Endocrinology at the Northern New South Wales Local Health District since November 2022 and previously at Royal North Shore Hospital, alongside academic and research leadership in healthcare and higher education sectors.

Jack's research interests centre on neonatal and paediatric thyroid diseases, including newborn screening thresholds for congenital hypothyroidism, iodine deficiency and excess, management outcomes, and cognitive impacts. Key publications include 'Urine iodine concentration in hospitalised infants with thyroid dysfunction' (Thyroid Research, 2025), 'Challenges in management of abnormal thyroid function tests in unwell infants: A tertiary centre real-world experience' (Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2025), 'The impact of firm-level work and family initiatives on organizational outcomes, employees and their families: an umbrella review' (Community, Work & Family, 2025), 'Outcomes of lowered newborn screening thresholds for congenital hypothyroidism' (Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2023), and 'Clinical survey of current practice regarding treatment of children with subclinical hypothyroidism' (Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2022). She has contributed to funded research such as the MRFF Indigenous Health Research Fund grant 'Connecting our Way: Improving the Well Being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 5-12 years' as Chief Investigator alongside University of Sydney collaborators. Additional focuses encompass social impact measurement in organisations, work-life integration through family-friendly initiatives, and social-emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children via community-led programs. As a registered higher degree by research supervisor, she has supervised honours, PhD, postgraduate fellows, and MD project students, and holds ORCID 0000-0002-5582-1098.