Professor Dominic Upton is the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Faculty Health at Charles Darwin University. A Health Psychologist by background, Professor Upton has had an extensive career in clinical practice, teaching and research. Professor Upton has led a number of significant research projects funded by national and international bodies and held a number of significant national positions for psychology and learning and teaching. In 2005 he was elected as a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, in 2007 he was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship and became a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2018. He has authored 19 books and over 200 articles in academic journals and book chapters. His research interests span a number of significant areas in health psychology: from the impact of psychological factors in pain, long-term conditions and wound healing, to the promotion of physical health in both adults and children, to the promotion of evidence-based practice in clinicians.