ProfessorSean McGee

Professor, Medical Biology

Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation

  • Professor, Medical Biology
    Faculty of Health/School of Medicine/Institute for Mental and Physical Health and Clinical Translation
  • +61 3 522 72519 (Work)
  • Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Professor McGee is Director of the Masters of Philosophy and Masters of Surgical Research courses and is Unit Chair of HMH810 Research Communication. Professor McGee is also coordinator of the Medical Sciences Metabolism and Musculoskeletal block (HME921) within the Doctor of Medicine degree. and also supervisors Honours, Masters and PhD students.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Transcriptomic Differences in Inflammatory Shoulder Conditions: Osteoarthritis and Rotator Cuff Tears
    Samuel James Lynskey - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Improving Gut and Metabolic Health in Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome
    Fatma Shehata - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Targeting the skeletal muscle epigenome in metabolic disease
    Persefoni Andreou - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    A Novel Platform to Study Uveal Melanoma Pathobiology and Therapeutics
    Lauren Ann Dalvin - School of Medicine
  • CURRENT MASTERS SUPERVISION
    The Role of HDAC5 in Breast Cancer Metabolism and Proliferation
    Maria Deronjic - School of Medicine
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    HDAC inhibition as a therapeutic potential to treat metabolic diseases
    Vidhi Gaur - School of Medicine - 2014
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Genomics based biomarker discovery in oral squamous cell carcinoma
    Sivapriya Pavuluri - School of Medicine - 2015
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Functional Role of Amyloid b42 in Systemic Glucose Metabolism
    Juliane Czeczor - School of Medicine - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Acetylation in Liver Metabolism
    Simon Bond - School of Medicine - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Characterisation of the Obese and T2D Heart - Protein Kinase D, a Possible Therapeutic Target
    Kirstie Anne De Jong - School of Medicine - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Dissecting the early entry steps of HIV-1 infection
    Corinna Pade - School of Medicine - 2016
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Myocyte Enhancer Factor 2 in Adult Skeletal Muscle Metabolism, Mass, and Exercise Adaptive Responses
    Kevin McEwen - School of Medicine - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Evaluating the Role of Novel microRNAs in Cardiac Hypertrophy
    Shahzad Sadiq - School of Medicine - 2018
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Role of cytokine-inducible Src homology domain 2-containing protein in myelopoiesis and metabolic regulation
    Wasan Abbood Hassoon Naser - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Investigating Mechanisms of Stress, Inflammation, and Bioenergetics in Treatment-resistant Depression
    Josh Price - School of Medicine - 2020
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The Role of Amyloid Beta 42 in Obese Cardiomyopathy
    Liam Hall - School of Medicine - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Mono- and di-substituted 1,8-naphthalimides for cellular imaging and medicinal chemistry
    Elley Rudebeck - School of Life and Environmental Sciences - 2021
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Extracellular Matrix Remodelling: Role in Insulin Resistance and Exercise Adaptations
    Bianca Tepper - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2022
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    The role of protein kinase D in obesity
    Mark Colin Renton - School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences - 2023
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Targeting Gut, Renal, and Metabolic Health in Obesity
    Truc Nguyen - School of Medicine - 2024
  • COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
    Hydrogen Sulfide and Diabetic Chronic Kidney Disease
    Caroline Bushell - School of Medicine - 2025
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Clinical and Molecular Outcomes of a Neo-adjuvant Breast Cancer Trial
    Caitlin Murphy - School of Medicine - 2019
  • COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISION
    Investigating the Role of Dysregulated Metabolism in Pediatric Glioblastoma
    Andrew Wiesa - School of Medicine - 2024