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Professor Ben Colagiuri is a leading academic at the University of Sydney's School of Psychology, serving as Head of School. He holds a PhD from the same institution (2010) and focuses on expectancy-driven behaviors, particularly placebo/nocebo effects in pain, sleep, and nausea. His research has secured over $5.5M in ARC grants and produced >100 publications. Notable awards include the 2024 Patrick D Wall Young Investigator Prize and 2016 International Society for Behavioural Medicine Early Career Award.
Education: PhD in Psychology (University of Sydney, 2010); prior academic qualifications unspecified.
Research spans mechanisms of placebo/nocebo effects, leveraging experimental models to explore pain modulation, social transmission of symptoms, and ethical applications in healthcare. Current projects investigate socially acquired nocebo effects and latent inhibition techniques for dental fear reduction.
Grants include ARC Discovery Projects (e.g., socially induced nocebo effects study) and institutional support via HoS packages. No current advisee names listed.
Labs/Teams: Active member of the Charles Perkins Centre, collaborating on translational health research. Leads interdisciplinary projects integrating cognitive, social, and clinical psychology methodologies.
