Professor Dinah Gould is a registered nurse with a background in infection prevention and control. Since 2019 Dinah has undertaken freelance research and consultancy, leading projects related to the isolation of patients with infection, mitigating the effects of skin damage caused by frequent hand hygiene and reducing the risks of infection when procedures requiring asepsis are undertaken. Dinah has expertise in how evidence to support healthcare is created and implemented and the methods used to analyse and synthesise information to formulate clinical guidelines. She belongs to the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group (EPOC) and the World Health Organisation’s Technical Advisory Group for Hand Hygiene. Dinah holds an honorary chair at City, University of London and is a consultant to the Royal College of Nursing. She teaches infection prevention and the principles of evidence-based practice in various universities in Greater London and for the Royal College of Nursing.