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Prof. Diane Dixon, PhD, C.Psychol, B.A.(Hons), PhD, B.Sc.(Hons)

Diane is Professor of Health Psychology, in the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition, at the University of Aberdeen. Diane specialises in the development and application of psychological theory to understand patient values outcomes in long-term health conditions and outcomes from medical and surgical interventions.

Dr Janice Rattray PhD, MN, DipN

Janice is an Honorary Reader, School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee having recently retired from that institution. The focus of her career was critical care nursing as a practitioner, educator, and researcher. Her main research work has been in recovery and rehabilitation after critical illness and she has an interest also in staff well-being and work-related stress.

Louise McCallum, MSc, BN, RN

Louise is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing, University of Glasgow and is soon to submit her PhD at the University of Dundee. Her PhD focus is on work-related stress and wellbeing in critical care nurses and its relationship with quality of care and patient safety. Her clinical career spanned across a variety of intensive and critical care environments across the UK.

Dr Lisa Salisbury PhD, BSc (Hons)

Lisa is a Psychotherapist in the area of critical care by background, and currently a Lecturer in the Dietetics, Nutrition & Biological Sciences, Physiotherapy, Podiatry & Radiography Division at Queen Margaret University. She is also a member of the Edinburgh Critical Care Research Group, a multi-disciplinary team undertaking varied research in the area of Critical Care.

Dr Stephen Cole BSc (Hons) MBChB, FRCA, FFICM

Stephen is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine based at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee. He is currently president of the Scottish Intensive Care Society

Dr Alastair M Hull, MD, FRCPsych.

Alastair has been a Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy for NHS Tayside since 2004, setting up the Multidisciplinary Adult Psychotherapy Service, and the Tayside Area Veterans Service. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Dundee. His areas of clinical and research interest are post-traumatic reactions, such as psychological sequelae of critical illness.

Teresa Scott, Dip HEN, BN

Graduated from University of Dundee Feb 2001 with Diploma HEN(Adult). Whilst working I did BN (Professional Development), also through Dundee. After becoming qualified I started working for NHSG and have worked in general medical and surgical wards before moving to ICU. Have been in ICU for the past 18 years, over which time I have had a variety of roles. My current role is Lead ICU Follow-Up, Research and Audit Nurse. I have a keen interest in improving staff wellbeing and improving patient experience post ICU.

Jordan Miller, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Jordan is a Research Assistant on the CANDID project. She is soon to submit her PhD in Health Psychology at the University of Stirling. Her PhD research focuses on investigating the psychological barriers to organ donation, with a particular focus on examining the factors that might influence people's decision to opt-out of organ donation.

Dr Pam Ramsay PhD, MSc, BSc, RN

Pam is an Intensive Care nurse by background, and an experienced clinical-academic researcher in the field. She has specific expertise in using patient narratives to develop and evaluate NHS service improvements and interventions to support recovery. She is a researcher and lecturer in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Dundee.

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