Dr Connie Jackaman is a Teaching/Research Fellow (Immunology) within the Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences. She is leading a team investigating how immune function changes during ageing and the impact on age-related diseases. Dr Jackaman's work focuses on understanding the role of key inflammatory cells, macrophages and neutrophils, during the ageing process and in age-related diseases including muscle diseases, cancer and dementia.

Dr Jackaman is an active member of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Immunology (ASI) having previously served as the WA branch councillor, co-chair for the 2018 ASI annual scientific meeting, past ASI Honorary Secretary and a member of the ASI Executive committee. Prior to her current T/R role she was in a dual role as 0.5FTE early career research fellow and 0.5FTE facility role. In her facility role she setup and then managed the CHIRI flow cytometry and imaging facility (flow cytometry 2012-2016, microscopy 2012-2020), leading to a successful ARC LIEF bid in 2019 for a rapid acquisition microscopy suite based in CHIRI. #VaccinesSaveLives