Christian Fossum, D.O. (Norway) is currently the Associate Director of the A.T. Still Research Institute and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Osteopathic Manip-ulative Medicine at the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, both at the A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri. He is a past Vice Principal (Osteopathic) of the Euro-pean School of Osteopathy in Maidstone, U.K., where he continues to lecture on their MSc – program. He has lectured throughout Europe and North America, and has auth-ored articles and book chapters in several languages.
 
He is currently involved in num-erous research projects using both animal and human models to investigate different diagnostic and treatment aspects of osteopathic manipulative medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Osteopathy, the International Association for the Study of Pain and the Norwegian Association of Osteopathy.