Therapeutic research optometrist, Jennifer P. Craig is a Professor in Ophthalmology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, where she heads the Ocular Surface Laboratory.  Since being awarded her PhD on the tear film in the normal and dry eye disease, Jennifer has maintained her research interest in the ocular surface, primarily dry eye disease and tear film dysfunction. She regularly delivers continuing education and research lectures internationally, and publishes widely in both the scientific and clinical press.  She is co-author of the book ‘The Tear Film’ and has contributed to the Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society’s International Workshops on Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Contact Lens Discomfort as Vice-Chair for TFOS DEWS II and Chair of the latest TFOS International Workshop on A Lifestyle Epidemic: Ocular Surface Disease. Jennifer is a past chair of the Optometrists and Dispensing Opticians Board of New Zealand, leads international multicentre clinical trials, and holds a number of visiting academic appointments across the world.