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Let us congratulate Dr. Lakota Watson on her PhD Defense. Great job!

Here we go! A wonderful speaker for a highly relevant topic! #health #psychology #therapeutic

Join us for this upcoming lecture by Prof Leonard Calabrese, Cleveland Clinic lnkd.in/eJfC5ycM

#chronicpain #rheumatology #Empathy #placebo

We are pleased to let you know our multisciplinary work on #VR, #musics, #sound #engineering #pain, is now out. 'A critical role of affective content in the analgesic effect of virtual reality: a cross-sectional within-subject study' is now out!!

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🧠🌐 How digital environments shape empathy and pain?

See our latest findings

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#VirtualReality #PainResearch #PlaceboEffect #Empathy
#Neuroscience #DigitalHealth #XRResearch

First conference on Placebo in Brazil. Thank you to Dr. Flavio Pires for organizing it. It was great to do a duetto with Nandini Raghuraman from.the lab!

Don't forget to register for this insightful webinar from @luanacolloca.bsky.social and @umaryland.edu on the psychobiological pathways of healing on 16 December bit.ly/4roDh1s/

Check out this discussion: disq.us/t/4vsthtb

Embedding Expectation Effects on the Management of Cancer Pain and Related Symptoms: A Focus Review As of 2022, an estimated 18 million individuals in the United States were living as cancer survivors, a number projected to rise to approximately 26 million by 2040. Advances in treatment and early de...

Embedding Expectation Effects on the Management of Cancer Pain and Related Symptoms: A Focus Review - The Journal of Pain www.jpain.org/article/S152...

In Memoriam: Professor Andrea Evers - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) It is with profound sadness that we share the news that Professor Andrea Evers passed away on August 4, 2025. Andrea was a visionary leader, a brilliant scientist, and a […]

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It is with profound sadness that we share that Professor Andrea Evers passed away. Andrea was a visionary leader, a brilliant scientist, and a compassionate colleague.
As we begin to process this immense loss, let us remember Andrea for her remarkable legacy and kindness she brought into our lives.

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Amazing talk by Laura Simons at University of Maryland!
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Joint us for this exciting topic delivered by Dr. Laura Simons! Tomorrow, May 15, 2025 at noon (est).

Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study - npj Digital Medicine npj Digital Medicine - Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study

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Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study - npj Digital Medicine npj Digital Medicine - Telehealth virtual reality intervention reduces chronic pain in a randomized crossover study

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Great talk by Dr. Cohen at the PBO Center, UMB

Virtually or in-person, cine and join us!

The placebo effect can be good medicine, for pain and other problems The placebo effect is real for some people, and can be good medicine for pain relief and other issues.

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Pain between science and faith
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An update on non-pharmacological interventions for pain relief Non-pharmacological interventions, such as psychological approaches, physical therapy, neuromodulation, placebo-induced hypoalgesia, expectation management, and XR therapeutics, offer potential for ma...

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Endocanniboids, pain and placebo

Join us for the 2025 Guedt Lecture Series at the PBO Center!