David  Gillanders is Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. David is a highly experienced researcher, practitioner, and trainer in the field of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for health and social care staff wellbeing, persistent health problems, and palliative care. His expertise is mainly in quantitative research methods, including questionnaire design and validation, as well as cross sectional, longitudinal and mediation studies. In addition, David has experience of intervention design and evaluation, using psychological interventions for health conditions, including cancer and palliative care settings.