[4][7] Jackson Pulver received a PhD in medicine from the University of Sydney in 2003, and is the first known Aboriginal person to have achieved this award.
[4][5] Jackson Pulver was Pro Vice-Chancellor Engagement, Pro-Vice Chancellor Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership and Provost Parramatta South Campus at Western Sydney University.
In October 2018, she was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor, Indigenous Strategy and Services at the University of Sydney by Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence.
[3] In 2010, she was appointed a board member for the Lowitja Institute, Australia's national body dedicated to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research.
[15] Jackson Pulver joined the Royal Australian Air Force as a public health epidemiologist in the Specialist Reserve in 2004.
[2] She later became a specialist advisor to the Chief of Air Force and set up the RAAF's Directorate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs.
[3] Jackson Pulver was awarded for her contribution to cancer epidemiology by the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council and the Ministry of Science and Medical Research in 2005 and was awarded a Henry Stricker Community Honour for her outstanding service and contribution rendered with endeavours to make our society a better place in which to live in 2006.
[3] She received the Individual Partnership Award from the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity in 2011.