To: Jeffrey Epsteinfleeyacation©gmail.com]
From: Ted Kaptchuk
Sent: Mon 7/16/2012 6:18:46 PM
Subject: Hi Jeffrey
Hope you're enjoying some of the long days of summer.
I just wanted to update you on the progress of our center in placebo studies.
Besides moving forward in some exciting studies and new publications, we have
just received a $250,000 grant from the Pioneer Fund of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation to pursue initiatives to integrate placebo studies into the education
framework of Harvard University.
Also, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked to collaborate with us to
develop new research designs that would more efficiently control for placebo
effects in randomized trials. We're hoping that this will attract collaboration
from the pharmaceutical industry.
I also wanted to mention that we're are continuing to search for partners in the
private philanthropic community.
Best wishes,
Ted
Ted J. Kaptchuk
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Director, Program in Placebo Studies & Therapeutic Encounter
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA 02215
Phone:
Email:
Web: www.programinplacebostudies.org
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