David Whiteley
David Whiteley
PhD
Lecturer in Nursing and Community Health
Dave qualified as a registered nurse in 2005 from the University of Dundee and subsequently built his clinical career within the fields of infectious diseases and sexual health. After completing his PhD in 2017, he moved into academia joining Edinburgh Napier University as a lecturer. During this time, he was awarded his first grant from the Chief Scientist Office focused on decentralising hepatitis C treatment into primary care in Scotland. In 2021 he moved west, joining Glasgow Caledonian University as a lecturer, and soon after securing a 0.5 secondment to the Substance Use Research Group as a research fellow. In addition to his research activities, Dave is the lead for evidence-based practice within the undergraduate nursing curriculum, leads the third-year undergraduate research module, and supervises Masters and PhD students.
My research focus has broadened into alcohol and I have secured a couple of small grants focused on alcohol use among sexual and gender minorities.