John Hutson

Professor
Infection and Immunity
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia

Biography

Professor John Hutson is the Chair of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Melbourne, and one of the consultant Paediatric Urologists at The Royal Children's Hospital and Joint Group Leader for the Surgical Research Group at Murdoch Childrens Research Institute. Professor Hutson has three doctorates (MD,UMelb; MD,Monash, DSc,UMelb) in the area of sexual development and has studied mechanism of testicular descent for many years. He has developed special expertise and interest in understanding the causes (and new treatments for) intractable constipation in children. He is the author of numerous papers and books for teaching medical students, as well as monographs on testicular descent, kidney and urogenital malformations and disorders of sex development.

Research Intrest

Infectious Disease,Immunology and Pediatrics

List of Publications
Harisis GN, Chen N, Farmer PJ, Bodemer D, Li R, Sourial M, Southwell BR, Balic A, Hutson JM. Wnt signalling in testicular descent: a candidate mechanism for cryptorchidism in Robinow syndrome. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2013 Jul 31;48(7):1573-7.
Chisholm RH, Hughes BD, Landman KA, Hutson JM. Mathematical modelling of gubernaculum during inguino-scrotal migration shows limb bud characteristics. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2013 Aug 31;48(8):1762-6.
Harisis GN, Lewis AG, Southwell BR, Hutson JM. Hoxa-11 maintains cell proliferation in the mouse gubernaculum to facilitate testicular descent. Journal of pediatric surgery. 2013 Dec 31;48(12):2431-6.