Presenters - Virtual Intern. Student Day

Jorge Esteves	PhD, MA, BSc, DO
	Osteopath and cognitive scientist with a special interest in chronic musculoskeletal pain. He is currently a Professor of Osteopathy and Vice-Principal at Malta ICOM Educational, Honorary Professor at the University College of Osteopathy in London, and researcher with Collaboration for Osteopathic Medicine Research in Italy. His current research interests are focused on the re-conceptualisation of osteopathic care under the enactivist and active inference frameworks. This includes a critical consideration of theories and research from enactivism, embodiment and ecological psychology, free energy principle and predictive coding, interoception and allostasis, chronic pain and persistent physical symptoms, and the neurophysiological and psychological effects of affective touch.

Ana Paula Ferreira	D.O.MRO (Br), Ph.D.
	Ana Paula A. Ferreira is an osteopath who graduated from the Instituto Brasileiro de Osteopatia (IBO) and has been registered with the Registro Brasileiro dos Osteopatas (RBrO) since 2002. She has been working in private practice in Rio de Janeiro and as a teacher of osteopathic training since 2002. Ana Paula has developed numerous new subject curricula and reviewed many existing modules of the training program of IBO. She volunteered from 1998 to 2004 at the first public osteopathic outpatient clinic in Rio de Janeiro. Ana Paula is a former chair of the RBrO, which is leading the regulation process of osteopathy as a profession in Brazil and has served on that board since 2007. She also served on the board of the IBO from 2009 to 2013. Ana Paula earned her Master’s Degree in Rehabilitation Sciences at UNISUAM RJ in 2015, earning a Ph.D. from the same program in 2020. Ana Paula is an international affiliate member of the American Academy of Osteopathy and a member of the Board of Trustees of the COME Collaboration – Center for Osteopathic Medicine Collaboration. She is also a General Coordinator of the Osteopathy Committee of the Brazilian Academic Consortium of Integrative Health – CABSIN. She was part of the team developing palpatory research at Pedro Ernesto University Hospital/ UERJ in Rio de Janeiro and has published many papers on the validity of palpation methods.

Erwann Jacquot	MSc medical education, MSc in the Science and Technique of Physical and Sports Activities, DO
	Join us for a presentation by Erwann, osteopath and educator. Graduating from CEESO in 2014, he furthered his studies with an MSc in pedagogy in health science at the Medical University of Strasbourg in 2017, where his thesis focused on the professionalization criteria in clinical reasoning for final-year students. Additionally, Erwann holds a master's degree in physical education and sports sciences, specializing in adapted physical activity, from Paris Cité University, where he explored the use of a body portfolio to enhance the learning of osteopathic touch. Currently teaching at the CIDO osteopathic school in Saint Etienne, Erwann is also pursuing doctoral research at Paris Cité University, investigating the theories of body and tactile care in osteopathy.

Pierre-Luc L´Hermite	PhD, DO
	His expertise and training is about epistemology in the field of medical sciences involving philosophy of medicine, legal sciences and theory, critical history of medical concepts. Public health and policies of osteopathy, medical ethics, ethics of teaching osteopathy, legal status of professions, juridic issues in osteopathic medicine. Methodology : fundamental research, survey, archives investigations, scientific interviews.

Amanda Phillips	DO, MSc.
	Having worked as a mathematics and geography teacher for many years, Amanda decided to retrain as an osteopath in 2000, after seeing the benefits of osteopathy for her youngest daughter, then aged 3. Since graduating, in 2005, she has worked in both private practice and osteopathic education, teaching anatomy, physiology and research skills. Amanda loved the academic challenge of her own osteopathic education but, during training, found it difficult to envisage herself ever becoming an osteopath. Over the years, she has encountered many students who have experienced similar difficulties and, in 2018, she decided to formally explore what factors may be inhibiting students' developing professional identity, and joined the University of Cambridge to study for her doctorate. Her research, titled, 'Not just ‘becoming’, but ‘feeling like’ an osteopath: a qualitative study to explore influences on students’ self-narratives as osteopaths,' is now in its final stages, and aims to identify factors which will enable the development of students' osteopathic professional identity. Her first article, 'Professional identity in osteopathy: A scoping review of peer-reviewed primary osteopathic research,' was published in the International Journal of Osteopathic Medicine in 2022. Amanda is committed to excellence in osteopathic education, and believes that there is scope for osteopathic curricula and osteopathic educational practice to better address students' learning needs, as well as the changing demands of 21st century patients. She is passionate about the potential of osteopathic care in today's society, an enthusiasm which she aims to convey to her students in her capacity as a Clinical Tutor at the College of Osteopaths, UK.

Niklas Sposato	Med.dr. (PhD), MSc (Osteopathy)
	Dr Niklas Sinderholm Sposato has been in clinical practice since 2001. He holds a PhD in Medical Science from the University of Gothenburg and an MSc in Osteopathy. With extensive experience as a clinician, researcher, and educator, he has made significant contributions to osteopathic education both in Sweden and internationally. Currently, Dr Sinderholm Sposato is affiliated with the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and serves as a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney. His work focuses on person-centred care, the integration of evidence-based practices within osteopathy, and the exploration of the relationship between respiratory and musculoskeletal systems, particularly in chronic conditions. In addition, he has served as Programme Director at the Scandinavian School of Osteopathy and as a Visiting Lecturer at institutions across Europe. His academic work bridges clinical practice and research, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and advancing the osteopathic profession.

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