JenniferFan Gaskin
MD, FRANZCO
Location
East Melbourne, Australia
Current Organization
Centre for Eye Research Australia (Australia)
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Fan Gaskin is a clinician-scientist dedicated to preventing blindness from glaucoma. She is a principal investigator of the Ocular Fibrosis Research Unit at the Centre for Eye Research Australia (an institution ranked fourth globally in ophthalmology research), and a glaucoma specialist at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. In 2021 she was named one of Science and Technology Australia’s Superstars of STEM. Her research focuses on novel treatment strategies for fibrotic eye diseases including post-surgical fibrosis in glaucoma filtration surgery, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, and macular fibrosis in age-related macular degeneration. Dr. Fan Gaskin serves on many executive and scientific boards, including the Australian and New Zealand Glaucoma Society, Glaucoma Australia, and Australian Vision Research, for which she is the Secretarial Director. She is also a Glaucoma Section Editor for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology.
News Featuring This Grantee
Research News
Protecting Vision: A New Approach to Scar-Free Healing From Glaucoma Surgery
BrightFocus National Glaucoma Research-funded scientist Jennifer Fan Gaskin, PhD, is exploring safer, more effective treatments to prevent scarring after glaucoma filtration surgery, also known as trabeculectomy.
Newsletters
National Glaucoma Research Report: Summer 2025
In this issue: Can Listening to How Cells Communicate Help Treat Glaucoma? Will AI Prevent Vision Loss from Glaucoma One Day? Researcher Spotlight: Jennifer Fan Gaskin, MBChB, MD, and more!