Ms Heather Saunders

Research Nurse Program manager at the Johns Hopkins University, Division of Infectious Disease and senior IPC consultant at Broad Street Prevention, United States of America 

Heather Saunders is an experienced and motivated registered nurse with a master’s degree in international public health and certification in infection control. Ms Saunders uses innovative and strategic leadership methods to collaboratively engage populations in the prevention and control of infectious diseases. She discovered her passion for infection control during a short-term assignment in Nairobi, Kenya. After spending the first six years of her nursing career in busy emergency departments, she transitioned to the role of infection control epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. After earning her master’s degree in international public health, Ms Saunders became the infection prevention and control nurse consultant for the State of Maryland, guiding infection prevention and control efforts in health-care facilities during the height of the COVID pandemic. Ms Saunders recently returned to Johns Hopkins as the Research Nurse Program manager for the infectious disease division. In her new role at Hopkins, she leads teams in conducting research on the prevention and control of infectious diseases in health-care settings. Ms Saunders is also the owner and senior IPC consultant for Broad Street Prevention, providing consultative services in the prevention and control of infectious diseases to businesses and the health-care industry.