UMB will host the third International Conference of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS), “Harnessing Placebo Mechanisms for Optimal Pain Management and Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Disorders," virtually, May 26-28. The cost to attend is $15 for UMB affiliated faculty, staff, and students.
Expert faculty from UMB's Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy have collaborated with SIPS to design an interdisciplinary, international scientific conference to advance the science of placebo research and mind-body mechanisms and to apply this knowledge to alcohol use and pain disorders.
The conference will provide a collaborative platform to present and share innovative research findings and theoretical ideas on placebo research to an international audience of researchers; promote training and education of trainees, academic junior researchers, health care professionals, agencies, stakeholders, and the public; and advocate for the participation of minorities and women while expanding U.S. research in the global network of placebo research.
The program will include:
- Seven plenary sessions
- Three special sessions on COVID-19, placebo methodology, and virtual reality
- Over 20 workshops
- Peer-reviewed short oral presentations
- Peer-reviewed poster sessions
- Networking forums
Continuing education (CE) credit will be available for physicians, nurses, and pharmacists.
Presentations to include Plenary Lecture 2: How Placebo Research Informs Healing by Wayne B. Jonas, MD, executive director, Integrative Health Programs, Samueli Institute, with an introduction by Patricia D. Franklin, PhD, RN, emeritus faculty, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Dr. Jonas is a practicing family physician, an expert in integrative health and health care delivery, and a widely published scientific investigator. His book, How Healing Works, was published in 2018 by Ten Speed Press. From 2001 to 2016, he was chief executive officer of Samueli Institute, a nonprofit medical research organization supporting the scientific investigation of healing processes in the areas of stress, pain, and resilience. Dr. Jonas was director of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health from 1995 to 1999, and prior to that served as director of the Medical Research Fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of the American Medical Association, Nature Medicine, Journal of Family Practice, Annals of Internal Medicine, and The Lancet. Dr. Jonas is executive director of Samueli Integrative Health Programs. He is also a practicing family physician, an expert in integrative health and health care delivery, a widely published scientific investigator, and a retired lieutenant colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army.