Research

Completed Projects (follow colored links to see publications)

• Open-label placebo for treatment of low back pain                                                   Portugal

• Open-label placebo treatment for cancer-related fatigue                                        Alabama

• Open-label placebo for fatigue in cancer survivors                                                   Massachusetts

• Learned immunosuppressive placebo responses                                                      Germany  

• Analysis of open-label placebo in medicine                                                                 Massachusetts

Manuscripts in preparation or under review

• Open-label placebo impact on functioning in low back pain                                   Germany

• Patient-physician relationships and expectations                                                     California        

• Impact of nocebo explanation on side effect reporting after colonoscopy          New Zealand

Active projects

• Open-label placebo for treatment of depression                                                      Israel                     

• Adjusting the doctor’s behavior to the patient’s needs                                            Italy                  

• Effects of enhanced provider-patient communication on post-operative pain    Netherlands 

• Open-label placebo (saline injection) treatment for back pain                               Boulder

• Conditioned open-label placebo for analgesia reduction in spinal chord injury  Boston 

• Enhancement of placebo-like analgesia due to side effect interpretation            Switzerland   

• Open-label placebo treatment for hot flashes                                                          Germany

• Preventing nocebo effects in cancer by optimizing medical information            Germany                               

• Managing side effects in clinical practice (gastrointestinal disorders)                 Boston                   

• Open-label dose-extending placebos in methodone treatment                             Baltimore                               

• Brain markers supporting successful patient/clinician interactions (fMRI)          Boston