Dr David Whiteley
Senior Lecturer
Department of Nursing, Community and Public HealthDave qualified as a registered nurse in 2005 from the University of Dundee. He subsequently built his clinical career within the field of infectious diseases, specialising in the care of people living with blood-borne viruses. After moving into academia in 2017, he joined Glasgow Caledonian as a lecturer in March 2021, teaching across the undergraduate nursing programme and supervising honours, master’s and doctoral projects. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 2025 and is the departmental lead for evidence-based practice and a member of the School of Health and Life Sciences Research Ethics Committee.
Dave’s research focuses on marginalised communities and liver health. He has ongoing interests in the experience of people living with the hepatitis C virus, hepatitis C reinfection, and the decentralisation of hepatitis C testing, treatment and care. His work has broader links to the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs, and substance use more generally.
Recently, he has focused on alcohol use among sexual and gender minorities, exploring targeted marketing by the alcohol industry, and potential interventions to help sexual minority women and nonbinary people reduce their drinking. Dave has a track record of successfully leading both large and small research grants as PI and is an active researcher within the Research Centre for Health (ReaCH). Current doctoral supervision includes an exploration of alcohol-free nightlife for LGBTQ+ people and continuity of carer for women and their midwives. He is currently accepting PhD students and welcomes enquiries.