Dr. Alexandra Peters, PhD is based at the institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva, and is the President of the Clean Hospitals group, a global network dedicated to making hospitals safer through improved environmental and hand hygiene. Clean Hospitals’ goal is to encourage cooperation between the public and private spheres, conduct and support academic research, promote inter-disciplinarity, and raise the standards for hygiene worldwide.

Alexandra’s background is in infection prevention and control and health security. She is passionate about infection prevention, planetary health, human behavior, and teaching.

Martina Močenić is an experienced nurse leader, educator, and infection control expert with over 20 years in healthcare. She began her career in intensive care and anesthesiology at Pula General Hospital, where she also served as Head Nurse of the ICU. Since 2015, she has specialized in hospital infection control and is a key member of the Infection Prevention and Control Committee. Her team was recognized with the European Award for Excellence in Hand Hygiene in 2021.

Martina holds degrees in Nursing, Nursing Management, and is currently a PhD student at Malmö University in Sweden.
She is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students.
As President of the Society for Prevention and Control of Hospital Infections within the Croatian Nurses Association, she plays a leading role in advancing the profession nationally.

Martina is deeply committed to education, quality improvement, and global health, continuously working to elevate nursing standards and patient safety both in Croatia and internationally.

Elleni Rioja, MPH supports Clean Hospitals by managing administrative operations and contributing to a wide range of initiatives. She has a background in public health practice, with experience in federal and state-funded community health programs, grant management, and project coordination. Elleni has contributed to our Healthcare Environmental Hygiene Self-Assessment Framework (HEHSAF) international project, helping to streamline communication, implement multilingual surveys, and coordinate with diverse stakeholders. She is passionate about global health, building healthier communities, and fostering collaboration across sectors to advance healthier living worldwide.

Prof. Mitchell is an Professor Avondale University and work at the Central Coast Local Health District in New South Wales, Australia
Editor in Chief of Infection Disease and Health; credentialed expert in IPC
Areas of research and expertise: Healthcare environmental hygiene, surveillance, urinary tract infection and pneumonia.
He has published many papers in the area of environmental cleaning and is involved in clinical trials in this area.
Involved in the development of many State and national guidelines around IPC
Has worked in IPC at various levels and in different countries

Prof. Stephanie Dancer is a medical microbiologist in NHS Lanarkshire and Professor of Microbiology at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland. She edited the J Hospital Infection for over 20 years, five of them as chief editor, and currently edits Infect, Dis & Health and Int J Antimicrob Agents. She has been a member of NHS Scotland Decontamination; NHS Scotland ASSURE research scheme; UK NICE (infection control & antimicrobial prescribing); UK HTA (screening and diagnostics); ESCMID groups on infection control (ESGNI), MRSA & multi-resistant Gram-negative bacilli; and ECCMID conference committee. She advised DEFRA on surface cleaning during the COVID-19 pandemic and collaborated with an international group of virologists, physicists and engineers on airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2. She has published books, book chapters and over 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals on hospital cleaning, antimicrobial agents, infection control and MRSA. At present, she balances editorial duties with teaching and research on the healthcare environment.

Prof. Weber MD, is a professor of medicine, pediatrics, and epidemiology; associate chief medical officer and medical director, Department of Infection Prevention at University of North Carolina (UNC), USA
Advisor to the World Health Organization on COVID-19 and Mpox with a focus on environmental contamination and disinfection
Member, Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, CDC (Chair, NHSN, working group)
Vice-President, Society for Health Epidemiology of America; Deputy Editor, Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Areas of research and expertise: HAIs, new and emerging diseases (e.g., COVID-19, Biothreats, Candida auris), vaccines, tuberculosis, sterilization/disinfection

Mr. Kiernan is a visiting professor at Richard Wells Research Centre, University of West London
Conjoint fellow at the University of Newcastle and Adjunct Honorary Research Fellow, Avondale University (New South Wales)
Areas of research and expertise: IPC, healthcare environmental hygiene, guidelines, healthcare-associated pneumonia and urinary catheter-associated infection. Particular interest in wet and dry surface biofilms, biocidal formulations, product efficacy, cleaning efficacy and behavioural interventions