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), the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), AusAID, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Pacific Community (SPC). Her expertise has led her to work extensively in China, South East Asia, and the South Pacific, directly on outbreak response, and the development of comprehensive infection prevention and control programmes, infrastructure development and renovation, and integration of public health and acute care response in infectious disease emergencies in low- and middle-income country settings. Peta-Anne is a Board Director of the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC), ACIPC representative and senior faculty for the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN), and member of the ACIPC Credentialling and Professional Practices (CAPS) Committee.
Peta-Anne directs the Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Program at Griffith University and is a Visiting Research Fellow with the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Australia. Her research focus is infection prevention and control, public health, and outbreak response, including novel approaches to the teaching and learning of this discipline, and health education in general.