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SIPS 2021 Conference
The Third International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS): Integrating Current Knowledge on Placebo Research in Pain, Alcohol Use Disorders, and Other Substances Use Disorders was held on May 26, 2021.
The Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS) held its 3rd international conference virtually at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA (UMB) in May 2021. SIPS was created in 2014, with the mission of promoting interdisciplinary investigation of placebo and nocebo phenomena. The conference was designed to advance placebo research and the application of mind-body mechanisms to the management of alcohol/substance use and pain disorders. Pain and alcohol/substance use disorders are inter-related conditions with large and individually variable placebo effects on disease progression and response to treatments. In double-blind clinical trials for pain and alcohol use disorders, the responses to placebos can be as large as the active treatments leading to a stagnant era for the development of new drugs. The conference provided a collaborative platform to over 480 scientists worldwide including trainees, junior faculty, and healthcare professionals to (1) present and share innovative research findings and theoretical ideas on placebo research, (2) obtain training and education, and (3) advocate for the participation of minorities and women while expanding the U.S. research in the global network of placebo research. The presentations encompassed basic, translational, and clinical research delivered in 8 plenary sessions, 21 workshops, three spotlight sessions on timely topics.
SIPS Sessions
View recordings of featured sessions from the SIPS 2021 Conference. For a full list of sessions visits the conference website.
Session | Speakers |
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Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA Natalie D. Eddington, PhD, FAAPS, FCP Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN John Kelley, PhD |
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Placebo Therapy Memories: Influences on Writing the Book 50 Years Ago |
Presenter: Jefferson M. Fish, PhD Introduction by Irving Kirsch, PhD |
Presenter: Wayne B. Jonas, MD Introduction by Patricia D. Franklin, PhD, RN |
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Presenter: Howard Fields, MD, PhD Introduction by Eric Weintraub, MD |
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COVID-19- society, science and health care in year two of the pandemic |
Keynote Speaker: Leonard Calabrese, DO Panelists: Claire M. Fraser, PhD Arthur Barsky, MD Manfred Schedlowski, PhD Moderator: Andrew L. Geers, PhD |
Sharing online clinical notes with patients: Implications for placebo and nocebo effects |
Presenter: Charlotte Blease, PhD Introduction by Stephen Davis, MBBS, FRCP, FACE, MACP |
What is Good Evidence? The Placebo Effect and Research Quality |
Keynote Speaker: Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco USA Panelists: David Goldman, MD, PhD Wayne Jonas, MD Daniel Mullins, PhD Moderator: Luana Colloca, MD, PhD |
Presenter: George Koob, Ph.D. Introduction by Raye Z. Litten, PhD |
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Special Lifetime Achievement Award Plenary Lecture: Placebos and Honesty |
Speaker: Ted Kaptchuk |
Why psychotherapy is an open-label placebo and open-label placebo is psychotherapy |
Presenter: Jens Gaab, PhD Introduction by Jason Noel, PharmD, BCPP |
The Clinician Effect: You are the Strongest Medicine to Reduce Pain and Suffering |
Presenter: David Rakel, MD Introduction by Asaf Bitton, MD, MPH |
SIPS Local Organizing Committee |
SIPS Organizers
Luana Colloca, MD, PhD, MS
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Jason Noel, PharmD
University of Maryland School of Pharmacy
Patricia Franklin, PhD, RN
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Chamindi Seneviratne, MD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
SIPS Sponsors
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Mission: The mission of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is to generate and disseminate fundamental knowledge about the effects of alcohol on health and well-being, and apply that knowledge to improve diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of alcohol-related problems, including alcohol use disorder, across the lifespan.
Mission: The Samueli Foundation strives to create societal value by investing in innovative, entrepreneurial, and sustainable ideas.
Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS)
Mission: The Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS) is an international association of scholars who share the goal of understanding the placebo effect in medical treatment, psychotherapy, and complementary and alternative treatment.
Treatment Expectation | TRR 289
Mission: The collaborative research center “Treatment Expectation” and our research methods are designed to be multidimensional, multilayered, and complex in order to find valid answers to the crucial question: How do positive and negative patient expectations affect treatment outcomes?
Mission: The journal’s mission is to use translational approaches to improve therapeutic options for mental illness and consequently to improve patient treatment outcomes.
SIPS Publications
Cornell J, Taj A, Sivinski J, Yin M, Bhatia P, Ouila D, Fatschel S, Franklin P, Noel J, Colloca L, Seneviratne C.
Front. Commun., 18 August 2022
Sec. Culture and Communication
Volume 7 - 2022 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2022.857661
Chamindi Seneviratne, Jason Noel, Patricia Franklin, Luana Collocafrom
Frontiers in Psychiatry
Seneviratne, C., Noel, J., Franklin, P.D. & Colloca, L.
Front. Psychiatry, 2022
13:1022762. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1022762
3rd International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS): Harnessing Placebo Mechanisms for Optimal Pain Management and Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders
Seneviratne, C., Noel, J., Franklin, P. & Colloca, L. Eds.
Frontiers Media SA, 2021
ISBN: 978-2-88971-003-4
SIPS Media Releases
Media Releases:
UMB to Host Virtual International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies on May 26-28 from The Elm
The 3rd International Conference of The Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS): Harnessing placebo mechanisms for optimal pain management and treatment of alcohol and other drug use disorders from United States Association for the Study of Pain (USASP)
Post-Conference Media Release:
Unlocking the Power of the Mind from UMB News