Jaclyn completed her PhD in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Melbourne in 2013, studying the complex interactions between host and microbe. In 2014, Jaclyn was awarded an NHMRC Peter Doherty ECF and in 2019, received further funding as an NHMRC Career Development Fellow. Jaclyn has been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2017 L’Oréal for Women in Science Fellowship and the Victorian Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research in 2014. In 2017, Jaclyn was recruited to the Hudson Institute as leader of the Host-Pathogen Interactions Group in the Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases.