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Great talk by Magdalena Żegleń at the 5th International Conference of Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies! Former postdoc in my lab, she presented our data on placebo and nocebo effects in weight loss and fitness interventions. #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo20205 #SIPSKrakow2025

Four more posters from my lab were presented during Day 3 and the second poster session of the 5th International Conference of Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies — great work by Helena Bieniek, Daryna Rubanets, Amelia Jankowska, and Wiktor Zieliński! 👏🧠📊 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 #SIPSKrakow2025

What's next? 4 interesting flash talks bevor the lunch break... stay for networking during lunch and the closing ceremony with the announcement of awards and the next conference! Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies @sipsplacebo.bsky.social #SIPSplacebo2025

🎉 Stefanie Meeuwis, who used to be a postdoc in my lab, has just received the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies Early Career Award! Huge congratulations – so well deserved! 👏🥳

I'm really happy to receive the best poster award!:-) We enjoyed the conference and the beautiful city☺️Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies

We thank Przemysław Bąbel, his great team, and Uniwersytet Jagielloński for an inspiring, outstanding and perfectly organized conference in the beautiful city of Krakow! #SIPSplacebo2025 We enjoyed the talks, networking, food and music🥳

Thank you! It was truly great to host you in Krakow — thanks so much for your involvement, energy, and collaboration. You were amazing! 🙌 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025 #SIPSKrakow2025

Back from a stunning Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies at Jagiellonian Uni 🇵🇱 thank you Przemysław Bąbel — 5th Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies conf since we founded it in 2014 Pre-conf workshop w/ Ben Colagiuri ✅Plenary on GenAI + placebo/nocebo ✅Reunited w/ the placebo family ❤️

Thank you, Charlotte Blease, PhD, for your participation, inspiring talks, and excellent chairing! It was truly a pleasure to host you here in Kraków. So glad the placebo family was reunited! ❤️

Huge thanks to my amazing Pain Research Group from Psychology JU Wydział Filozoficzny UJ Uniwersytet Jagielloński for all the hard work and dedication in organizing the 5th International Conference of Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies — couldn’t have done it without you! 💪🧠👏 #SIPS2025 #SIPSplacebo2025

Just back from Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies 2025 in beautiful Kraków: a global gathering on #placebo #nocebo From a 2014 workshop in Geneva, the science & community are growing. Next stop: Sydney 2027. #SIPS2025 #PlaceboScience #MedicalEthics open.substack.com/pub/bleaseondr…

Last week at Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies, Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSHS explored the challenges of #placebo effects in #VR therapy. Balancing immersion with neutrality is key in designing a placebo that feels just like real therapy. Fascinating insights on how VR can shape anxiety & #pain treatment!

Excited to share that Dr Bot has been selected as a Next Big Idea Club Must-Read for Sept 2025! Honored to be in the company of such powerful nonfiction. Huge thanks to Next Big Idea Club for the recognition 📚✨ nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/next-… #DrBot #AIinHealthcare #NextBigIdeaClub

Exactly two weeks ago, the 5th International Conference of Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies at Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Filozoficzny UJ Kraków came to a close — time for some reflections and memories! 💭📚 The conference theme was “From the Mechanisms of Placebo Effects to Treatment: Translating Basic

Gala Dinner at the 5th International Conference of Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies took place at the spectacular Polish Aviation Museum ✈️✨ We kicked off the evening with a stunning tango performance by Ania and Marcin Sieprawscy — two of Kraków’s finest tangueros and the heart and soul of Bravo

Congratulations to undergraduate psychology honors student, Sydney Mockensturm, who presented her research on the influence of choice-making on the placebo effect at the 5th International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS).

A study with 377 pharmacy professionals found 80% know placebo effects well, but link them more to med type than to actual efficacy evidence. 💡More training is needed to align beliefs with science. #PlaceboEffect #Pharmacy More info here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ther…

Congratulations to our committee member Charlotte Blease, PhD for the release of her new book! 🥳🥂