David is Professor of Nursing within the Faculty of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Winchester, UK. David initially qualified as a nurse and specialised in critical care nursing before moving into nurse education and research, completing a PhD in immunopharmacology in 2001. He has an international reputation in the field of skin health and tissue viability, and much of his recent research has focused on moisture-associated skin damage in both clinical and laboratory settings. David has published extensively in the areas of skin health and clinical nursing, with over 150 papers, book chapters and scientific abstracts published in leading international journals, and his work is cited in several international best practice statements and consensus documents. He has been a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Wound Care since 2010 and is a member of EWMA, TVS and EPUAP.