The Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies members nominate scientists every two years for their significant contributions to research, outstanding achievements and/or clinical work. Please find more information on the awards and award winners of previous SIPS conferences below.
This award honors outstanding leaders who have made significant contributions to research on the placebo effect, with the recipient invited to give a lecture at the SIPS conference.
Winner Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
Dr. Fabrizio Benedetti
University of Turin Medical School, Turin
This award honors outstanding research achievements by researchers within 3-7 years of the PhD including basic (e.g. animal, molecular, healthy participant) and clinical (e.g. patient-based translational) research. The call for nominations includes the full spectrum of work on placebo and nocebo effects, including humanities and social science.
Winner Early Career Research Award 2023
Dr. Kaya Peerdeman
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Winner Early Career Research Award 2023
Dr. Cosima Locher
University of Zürich, Switserland
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