2026 Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium Join us at the Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium to share your insights on placebo and nocebo research.

On 20 Feb, we're hosting the 2026 Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium at the University of Sydney. Join us to hear talks on the latest placebo and nocebo research from speakers across Australia and NZ. Registration closes this Friday 13 Feb!

See the full programme and register at:

another fun SIPS over already! glad to see so many talks with a focus on nocebo reduction/inoculation. stay tuned for more on the ECR network and SIPS 2027 prep 👀👀👀 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

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thanks to everyone who visited my poster at #SIPS2025 yesterday! enjoyed discussing our lab's work on nocebo education in a social learning context. keen to pick some of the conversations back up over the next couple days 🤝🏼

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A comprehensive overview of the lab's work on socially-induced nocebo effects, how they spread, and how we can prevent them in the first plenary session from @bencolagiuri.bsky.social 🤒👀 #SIPS2025

Join the newly founded Early Career Researcher network at @sipsplacebo.bsky.social!

For questions, contact one of the organizers: @winstontan.bsky.social, @liviaasan.bsky.social, @helenahartmann.com or Aleksandrina Skvortsova! ⭐

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Today was a great start to #SIPSplacebo2025 on Krakow! The conference began with some pre-conference activities like an ECR summer school organized and hosted by us! ✨

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@belkisezgiarikan.bsky.social
@winstontan.bsky.social and many more!

Building on her recent article, PhD Candidate Cosette Saunders just spoke to ABC Radio about the #nocebo effect!

Listen to a snippet of it below! 📻 ✨

You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media. But what is it, actually? The nocebo effect is the opposite of the placebo effect. And it can affect what we think of medicines, and the side-effects we report.

⭐️ PhD candidate Cosette Saunders wrote a great article for @aunz.theconversation.com discussing the #nocebo effect and how it's relevant to you (e.g., it can be socially transmitted to you through the social media platform you're using right now)! 🤕

theconversation.com/you-can-catc...

⭐️ We're hosting the 2025 Australian Placebo Nocebo Symposium on 14 Feb! ⭐️

This one-day program will showcase advances in #placebo and #nocebo research and build collaborative networks between researchers and clinicians.

To submit an abstract/register: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2025-austr...