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Ted Jack Kaptchuk is a Professor of Medicine and Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). His research focuses on placebo effects, East Asian medicine, and medical pluralism, with over 300 publications and an h-index of 100.
Education: He holds a B.A. in East Asian Studies from Columbia University (1968) and a degree in Chinese medicine from the Macao Institute of Chinese Medicine (1975). He joined BIDMC as a researcher in 1990 and became a full professor in 2013.
Research Interests: His work spans placebo studies, including neurobiological mechanisms, open-label placebo efficacy, and the patient-clinician relationship. He also explores traditional Chinese medicine and its global integration, contributing to WHO’s ICD-11 traditional medicine chapter. His team pioneered the concept of 'open-label placebo.'
- Awards:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Society of Acupuncture Research (2015)
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (2021)
- William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award: Harvard Medical School (2022)
Advising & Grants: While specific student names are not listed, he has mentored researchers in placebo studies and global health. His work is supported by grants exploring placebo mechanisms, acupuncture, and patient-clinician interactions.
Labs/Teams: Director of PiPS at BIDMC, involved in global health programs and the Center for Bioethics. His research integrates clinical, social science, and humanities perspectives.
