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From: Jeffrey <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 6:22 PM To: Ted Kaptchuk Subject: Re: Hi Jeffrey Thnks Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone On Jul 16, 2012, at 2:18 PM, Ted Kaptchuk wro=e: > 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 studi=s. > 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 p=acebo effects in randomized trials. We're hoping that this will attract c=llaboration from the pharmaceutical industry. > I also wanted to mention that we're are continuing to search for partners i= 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 EFTA_R1_01716293 EFTA02557299 <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <IDOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DID PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Propertylist-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>conversation-id</key> <integer>225312</integer> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1342462849</integer> <kepflags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> <key>remote-id</key> <string>235519</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_01716294 EFTA02557300