Professor Richard McGee (FRACP, PhD) is Chair of Paediatrics & Child Health in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle and a Paediatric Endocrinologist at John Hunter Children’s Hospital. He is the lead for Child Health within the Reproductive and Family Health Research program at HMRI.

Professor McGee’s research spans large-scale collaborative clinical research, research methodology, paediatric endocrinology, and the integration of artificial intelligence with evidence-based medicine. He co-chairs CIRCAN, a national collaborative driving multisite paediatric research across Australia and New Zealand, and holds leadership roles in the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED) and the International Pediatric Academic Leaders Association (IPALA).

Professor McGee has been awarded over $2.3 million in competitive research funding, including a 2025 NHMRC Partnership Grant and an NHMRC Project Grant. He has published original research, systematic reviews, and book chapters in leading journals including the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Anaesthesia, and BMC Medical Education. He is a recipient of multiple teaching awards and serves as an examiner for the RACP and AMC.