Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman1
1 Griffith University, Parklands Drive Southport, QLD
As a partner of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) receives requests for assistance on a regular basis. This session will explain the role of the GOARN Focal Point in ACIPC and the process for responding to these requests. This session will also provide participants with insight into current partnership activities between GOARN and ACIPC.
Biography: Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman is an internationally respected clinician, educator and researcher in infection prevention and control. Dr Zimmerman’s experience includes consultancy work with the World Health Organization (WHO), AusAID, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Secretariat of the Pacific Communities (SPC). Peta-Anne is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service Infection Control Department and Senior Lecturer of the Griffith Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program. She is also a Board Director of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control.
p.zimmerman@griffith.edu.au