Rate My Professor Peta-Anne Zimmerman

Dr Peta-Anne Zimmerman is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery within Griffith Health at Griffith University. She holds qualifications including Registered Nurse (RN), Bachelor of Nursing (BN), Master of Health Science (MHSc), Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) from the University of Wollongong in 2012, Credentialed Infection Control Professional - Expert (CICP-E), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). With over 20 years of experience as a clinician, educator, and researcher, she specializes in infection prevention and control (IPC). Zimmerman serves as Program Advisor for Griffith University's Graduate Infection Prevention and Control Programs, including the Master of Infection Prevention and Control, the only named program of its kind in the region. She is also Course Convenor and Lecturer for courses in the Bachelor of Nursing and Graduate IPC programs. Her professional appointments include Visiting Research Fellow with the Infection Control Department at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, Associate Member of the Centre for Health Practice Innovation in Griffith Health Institute, and consultant to the World Health Organization (WHO). She is a partner in the WHO Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and has worked with organizations such as AusAID, Asian Development Bank (ADB), and Secretariat of the Pacific Community on outbreak responses.

Zimmerman's research focuses on infectious disease epidemiology, IPC practices, outbreak response, curriculum development for IPC, and influences on healthcare workers' behaviors in low- and middle-income countries, including regions in China, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific. Key publications include 'A scoping review of published reports of the infection prevention and control assessment framework: a comparison to the findings of the global report on infection prevention and control' (2025), 'Time to Hang Up the Gloves: A Scoping Review of Evidence on Non-Sterile Glove Use During Intravenous Antimicrobial Preparation and Administration' (2025), 'Healthcare workers’ perspectives on the implementation of tuberculosis infection prevention and control policy in rural Papua New Guinea' (2025), 'Moral distress among infection prevention and control practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review' (2024), and 'Teaching faculty experiences with student evaluation of teaching in a graduate infection prevention and control program' (2024). She has received funding such as a $10,145 grant from the Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control for 'No time for losers: producing infection control champions in the healthcare setting'. Additionally, she contributes to the editorial board of Infection Prevention in Practice and has participated in public outreach such as the World Science Festival Brisbane.