Professor Kenneth Pakenham PhD Dr Pakenham is a Professor of health and clinical psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Queensland. His psychology research and clinical practice spans 35 years. Inspired by the resilience of people with serious illnesses, he has committed his career to investigating the processes that foster personal growth in the context of health adversities, and to translating his findings into interventions that help people live fully with illness, including carers. Through 150 publications, more than 6,000 citations of his work, over 4,600 Mendeley reader downloads, 70 conference presentations, 10 invited keynotes, 3 research awards, more than 3 million dollars of competitive grant funding and invited workshops and masterclasses in North America and Europe, he has become a world leader in the application of positive health frameworks to several chronic illnesses and to caregiving in these contexts. The “living fully with illness” theme integrates his early research in stress/coping theory, his mid-career shift to incorporate positive psychology, and his current focus on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). He developed the first university ACT course in Australia. Through 10 teaching focused publications, conference presentations, and five teaching awards, he has become a leader in integrating therapist and self-care training using ACT. Recently he has focused on developing innovative ACT interventions that build resilience in people with chronic illness and their carers.