Trained at the Sydney Eye Hospital followed by a medical retinal fellowship in Paris under Professors Gabriel Coscas and Gisele Soubrane, she worked as a consultant in Aberdeen Scotland for 5 years before returning to Sydney to take up practice at Marsden Eye Specialists.

Working many years with John and Shirley Sarks set the foundation for an ongoing focus in age-related macular degeneration which remains one of her main interests along with retino-vascular diseases.

As well as pursuing full time clinical practice, Jennifer maintains a strong involvement in clinical research resulting in over 80 publications: she runs a dynamic clinical research department and has been principal investigator in over 80 international clinical trials of new treatments for a range of retinal conditions. She is additionally active in the analysis of real world outcomes for the management of retinal diseases as a researcher and committee member of the Fight Retinal Blindness FRB! Programme.

She is widely consulted for local and international advisory boards, research planning and supervising committees, grant application and assessment. Jennifer is the immediate past chair of the Australian New Zealand Society of Retinal Specialists and is a member of the Macula Society.