From: Ted Kaptchuk Sent: Tuesday, April To: Francisco Aedo; Randy Gollub; Alia Crum; Lauren Atlas; Chantal Bema Renella; Colloca, Luana (NIH/NCCAM) [E]; Kathryn Hall; Karin B Jensen; David Shumway (forwarding) Jones; John Kelley; Irving Kirsch; Efi Kokkotou; Jian Kong; Joe Kossowsky; Anthony Lembo; Tim Oberlander; Podolsky, Scott Harris; Emmanuel Pothos; Annoni; Giuliana Mazzoni; Vitaly Napadow; Bruce Rosen; Maurizio Fava; Barsky Arthur Joseph,III,M.D.; Barry Michael J.,M.D.; Arthur Kleinman; [email protected]; Tor Wager; Predrag Petrovic Cc: Deborah Grose Subject: June 20 Invitation-only small seminar on the Science of Placebo Attachments: PlaceboFlyer_Layout logo 1-1.pdf; Untitled attachment 00031.htm; June 20 invite.docx; Untitled attachment 00034.htm Dear Friend and =olleague, As you are no doubt aware, Robert =ood Johnson Foundation is working with the Program in Placebo Studies to educate the medical =ommunity about placebo effects. =/span>With their funding, we are planning a series of public forums, the first of which =akes place this June 19th and 20th and which will feature Fabrizio Benedetti, =or Wager and Predrag Petrovic. ./span>ln addition to two public talks, we decided to capitalize on our guests' =resence by also having a small seminar that will enable what we hope will be a unique exchange. Our plan is to =ave a private (by invitation only) discussion on the topic "what we don't<=u> know about placebo effects." Seats are scarce. It will =ake place in the Minot Room on the 5th floor of the Countway Medical Library at Harvard on Thursday, June =0th. We are inviting =bout 20 researchers engaged with placebo issues (and certain other interested parties) to attend =his seminar. We hope you will =oin us. In addition to =ocal people there will be representatives from around the United States and Europe. David Jones, MD, PhD, Harvard =ckerman Professor of Culture in Medicine, a psychiatrist and historian, will be =he