Currently Jackline is engaged in research on community participation in health care facilities, health systems research, policy analysis and ethics of community participation. Jackline is the second focal person, in the African Hub project, which is a consortium of 7 African Universities, involved working on health Systems Research. Jackline was awarded young researchers grant in 2014, by Future health Systems (FHS) and Worked with John Hopkins. Jackline and colleagues were awarded a grant by National Science and technology to conduct a stud in Arid and semi-arid parts of Kenya on traditional water treatment plants.