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Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman (RN, DPH, CICP-E, SFHEA) is an internationally respected clinician, educator, and researcher in infection prevention and control (IPC) and public health. Dr Zimmerman’s experience in IPC spans over 20 years and her domestic clinical experience, research, and expertise has led her to work extensively in China, Southeast Asia and throughout both the South and North Pacific, directly on outbreak response, the development of comprehensive infection prevention and control programs, and integration of public health and acute care response in infectious disease emergencies in low- and middle-income country settings. Peta-Anne is senior teaching faculty for the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), being deployed on multiple missions as consultant since 2003 and co-director of the Collaborative for the Advancement of Infection Prevention and Control (CAIPC), a formal GOARN Partner.
Peta-Anne holds the award of Credentialled Infection Control Professional – Expert, and Fellow of the College, is a current ACIPC Board Director, the ACIPC representative for GOARN and member of the ACIPC PACS Committee. Peta-Anne is the Program Advisor of the Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Programs at Griffith University, which includes the only named Master of Infection Prevention and Control in the region and is proud to be the Visiting Research Fellow with the Infection Control Department of the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.
Election Statement
Throughout my career as an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Professional I have lived by the philosophy of “Follow your curiosity and you will be ready for opportunities when they present.” By being curious and having an almost “ooh shiny!” approach to engaging in my interests, I have followed a path that has wound its way through the world of infectious diseases, IPC, global public health, and education. This has resulted in unexpected opportunities to engage with media and explore alternative methods of sharing IPC knowledge – like using zombie pop-culture to educate healthcare professionals. This all started in 1997 when I first joined the Australian Infection Control Association (AICA – now ACIPC). Joining AICA all those years ago started me on a quest for knowledge, clinical experience, higher education, and research. Due to all of this I have been able to give back to the IPC community in a number of ways, through representing ACIPC, coordinating and teaching post-graduate IPC programs, conducting research, consulting for other countries and international health organisations, and mentoring IPC professionals. With this experience, knowledge, and as a beneficiary of the wisdom of those who have gone before me, I would like to nominate to be a Board Director for ACIPC and be representative of our diverse membership for another term.