Jennifer is an Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), inspiring others to support, deliver and lead research to improve patient outcomes. She remains a Lead Matron for R&D at the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility and is a founding member of the Senior Management Team of the UK Clinical Research Facility Network. As Lead for Workforce Development, she and colleagues support all staff in over 52 CRFs across the UK and Ireland. A past president of the International Association of Clinical Research Nurses, she continues to articulate the unique contribution that clinical research nurses and their teams make to global healthcare while developing innovations and opportunities for the multi-disciplinary workforce.