Jeanette is the CEO of the Passe & Williams Foundation, which empowers ENT researchers and clinical practitioners to solve real-world problems by providing funds and support to the best people and projects in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Jeanette has always worked in organisations that strive for positive change in healthcare. Completing her doctorate in point-of-care diagnostics, she has since led a number of health and medical R&D programs, working with clinicians, engineers and biomedical scientists. Jeanette is a member of two MRFF-NHMRC joint committees, a mentor with AMES Australia, and contributes to the work of Arthritis Australia.