2024 Speakers

Head, Department of Infection Prevention & Control, Mater Dei Hospital, Malta

Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health

Professor of Nursing, Avondale University; Editor-in-Chief, Infection, Disease & Health

Public health champion; Founder, Director, and CEO, Tobacco Free Portfolios

Assistant Director, National Health, Sustainability and Climate Unit, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Health Services Researcher, Implementation Scientist, Denver/Seattle Centre of Innovation, Rocky Mountain Regional Veteran Health Administration Medical Centre

Senior One Health Advisor, Indo-Pacific Centre for Health Security

Executive Director, Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology

Nurse Manager - Courses and Workshops, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA)

Chief Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control, Queensland Department of Health

Director, Infection Prevention & Control, Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, Austin Health

Director, Niche Dental

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Infection Prevention and Control – WA Country Health Service, Pilbara

Registered Nurse, Professor, the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Deakin University

A/Senior Nurse Advisor Infection Prevention NT Health

Conjoint Professor for Emergency Care Research, Monash University

Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing, the University of Wollongong

Chief Research and Development Officer, Art of Mentoring

Chief Research and Development Officer, Art of Mentoring

Clinical Nurse Consultant, Tasmanian Infection Prevention & Control Unit

Conjoint Senior Research Fellow, the Herston Infectious Diseases Institute, and the University of Queensland

Assistant Director Clinical System Governance, Office of the Chief Medical Officer, ACT Health Directorate

Anaesthetic Registrar, St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney

Director, Infection Control Service, SA Health

Registered Midwife and Clinical Nurse Consultant in Infection Prevention & Control

Laboratory Supervisor, Scone Equine Hospital

Senior Research Fellow, National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Wiser Wound Care, Griffith University

Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) of Anaesthetics, Flinders Medical Centre

Founder & Principal, Bradley Veterinary Infection Prevention and Control Services

Senior Lecturer, ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow, President, Equine Veterinarians Australia

Program Manager, Clinical Pharmacy Unit, Chief Clinical Advisor Group, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Infectious Diseases physician and researcher, the Alfred Hospital and Monash University

PhD Candidate and Mathematical Modeller

Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious diseaSe Emergencies (APPRISE)

Consultant Pharmacist, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

PhD Candidate, Nurse Practitioner, Deakin University

Senior Research Fellow, the University of Queensland School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work

Medical Lead, Metro South Public Health Unit

Medical Scientist, CALHN Infection Prevention & Control Unit

Infection Control Consultant Statewide, Dental Health Services Victoria

Assistant Secretary, Service Delivery Division, Ageing and Aged Care, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care

Principal, Hassell Studio

Experienced Perioperative Nurse and Sustainable Healthcare Consultant

Senior Advisor, Healthcare-Associated Infections and Infection Prevention and Control program, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare

Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne

Senior Director, Chief Clinical Advisor Group, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Director Operational Policy and Support (Quality Standards Reform), Regulatory Strategy and Policy Group, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Senior Staff Specialist Anaesthetist, the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Queensland

Senior Health Advisor - Microbial Microbiology, Environment Protection Authority Victoria

Inaugural Professor and Chair in Paediatric Nursing, conjoint, Children’s Health Queensland and The University of Queensland

Charge Nurse Manager of IPC, Te Whatu Ora Southern NZ

Antifungal Stewardship Project Officer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Nurse Career Coach, Liam Caswell Coaching

Central Sterilising Department Manager, Bendigo Health

Professor in Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Queensland

Divisional Director of Education & Training at Northern Health, Melbourne

Infection Control Coordinator for South Australian Ambulance Service (SAAS)

Director WHO Collaborating Centre for Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases

State Coordinator, Reprocessing & Sterilisation, SA Health

Nurse Researcher, Infection Data Connectivity, Herston Infectious Diseases Institute (HeIDI)

PhD Candidate, Dental School, University of Adelaide

Writer, Nursing and Clinical Leadership

Credentialled Medication Review and Aged Care Pharmacist

Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Aged Care, Royal Melbourne Hospital

2024 West Australian Nurse and Midwifery Excellence Awards (WANMEA) Nurse of the Year

One Health Advisor, Epidemiologist and Director, Ultimate Efficacy Consulting

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Nursing and Midwifery & Menzies Health Institute, QLD, Griffith University

Chief Executive Officer, QLD, Diabetes Australia

Principal Scientist, Prezant Environmental

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Advisor, Pacific Communities

Leadership Coach, Emotous, LLC

CEO, Emotous, LLC

Veterinary Public Health Specialist, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide

Infection Prevention and Control CNC, Ambulance Tasmania

Managing Director, Lorraine Poulos and Associates

Head of Clinical and Leadership Programs, Lorraine Poulos and Associates

Senior Pharmacist, Project Officer, RMH Guidance Group, National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS)

Academic Member, Adelaide Dental School, the University of Adelaide

School of Nursing and Midwifery College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, the University of Newcastle

Veterinarian, Musician, Educator

Researcher, University of South Australia

Senior Infection Control Consultant, the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS)

NSW Chief Infection Prevention and Control Practitioner (ICP); Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI) Advisor, the Clinical Excellence Commission (CEC)

Consultant, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission

Drug Allergy Pharmacist, Antimicrobial Stewardship Team, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Austin Health

National Manager Infection Prevention & Control, Calvary Health Care

IPC Consultant and Facilitator, Australasian College for Infection Prevention & Control (ACIPC)