Jason has previously been awarded an NHMRC Public Health (Overseas) Early Career Fellowship and was awarded a further 4-year NHMRC Career Development Fellowship commencing in 2013. Between 2009 and 2011 he was a Visiting Scholar at the Dental Fears Research Clinic at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has worked at ARCPOH in a research capacity since 1997, has been continuously involved in teaching within the School of Dentistry since 1999, and has been involved in supervising several higher degree students. Jason is on the Editorial Board of the journals Social Science and Dentistry and the Journal of Dental Research, is an Associate Editor for BMC Oral Health, and is the Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand (ANZ) Division of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).