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Gretchen Purcell Jackson is a pioneering surgeon-researcher at the intersection of pediatric surgery, robotic-assisted surgery, and cybersecurity. Her work has fundamentally shaped how the medical community understands the safety and implementation of robotic surgical systems. She is best known for identifying and characterizing the cybersecurity vulnerabilities inherent in surgical robots, demonstrating through her highly cited 2022 work that these complex systems have numerous points of vulnerability susceptible to real-world cyberattacks. This research has been critical in establishing cybersecurity as a non-negotiable component of reliable healthcare delivery. Dr. Jackson has also made seminal contributions to understanding the learning curves and efficiency gains of robotic thoracic surgeons, quantifying how procedural experience impacts productivity. Her recent work on force feedback technology in the da Vinci 5 system is advancing the field by addressing the long-standing limitation of tactile sensation in robotic surgery. With a growing body of influential work—including studies on collaborative implementation in academic pediatric surgery—Dr. Jackson’s research continues to shape the safe, effective, and innovative future of robotic surgery.