Arndt Büssing is a physician and professor for Quality of Life, Spirituality and Coping at the University of Witten/Herdecke. After studying medicine at RWTH Aachen and completing his residency at the Department for Medical Immunology at the RWTH Aachen University Clinic, he served as the head of the Department for Applied Immunology in Cancer Research at the Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus (Community Hospital) in Herdecke from 1995 to 2005. Since 2005, he has worked at the Chair of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine of the University of Witten/Herdecke. He habilitated at the University of Witten/Herdecke in 2001, was appointed as adjunct professor in 2007, and has been a university professor of the University of Witten/Herdecke since 2010. His current research interest is focused on the significance of spirituality as a resource for coping with chronic disease, as well as on non-pharmacological interventions for people in burdening situations. He is a member of the Editorial Boards of scientific journals (i.e., "Journal of Religion and Health", "Journal for the Study of Spirituality", and "Research in Complementary Medicine"), and co-editor of the journal "Religions".