EFTA Document EFTA01772705

From: Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Great. Should we set=up a time to talk? ted Ted J. Kaptchuk Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical S=hool Director, Program in Placebo S=udies & Therapeutic Encounter Beth l=rael Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Email: Web: www.programinplacebostudies.org=/a> On Nov 16, 2011, at 2:59 AM, jeffrey epstein wrote: It is Sorry for all the typos Sent from my iPhone=/div> On Nov 14, 2011, at 8:46 PM, <=iv> Dear Jeffrey, wrote: I=wanted to update you on our placebo initiative at Harvard. I've been=asked to start a Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies which will be hos=ed at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It will do basic, c=inical and social science research as well as scholarly work in placebo st=dies. We are situated in all the major teaching hospitals at Harvard=and have already drawn commitments from over 20 faculty. Anne Harri=gton will be joining us. We recently published an physiologica= study of placebo in the New England Journal of Medicine and a theoretical=paper in Philosophic Transactions of the Roy Soc B. (I'm attaching =yi). We anticipate making some major breakthroughs in genetic of pl=cebo effects (we're submitting our findings in the next days) and ha=e major studies in EFTA_R1_00085058 EFTA01772705 the pipeline. We're hoping that this program wil= establish Placebo Studies as a important component of medical research in=ernationally. Here is our new website: www.programinplacebostudies.org <http://www.p=ograminplacebostudies.org/> . Let=me know if this is of any interest for you. Sincerely, Ted =div> Ted J. Kaptchuk Associate Prof=ssor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Director, Program in Placebo Studies & Therapeutic Encounter Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center <=iv style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-=reak: after-white-space; ">Boston, MA 02215 Email Web: www.programinplacebostudies.org <http://www.programinplacebostudie=.org/> On Nov 24, 2010, at 4:55 AM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote: Ted „ as you=may know, I funded the Placebo work, with AnnHarrington probably fifteen y=ars ago. I was one of the originals on the MBB commitee, being best friend= with Henry Rososyskly. then sent Ann to China , then more pa=ticle physics, dali lama, with Kosslyn.. What is a good time t= call? 10 at 10:46 PM, Kaptchuk, =ed Jack <mailto > wrote: Woody, Thank you for the introduction= Jeffrey, Whenever you'd like to talk....i talk placebo most =f the time....tell me. All my work and the work of my laboratory=is about placebo effects and we use a multi- discplinary approach: basic, c=inical and social science and collaborate with the humanities (history, et=ics, etc.) We published in these areas and have some exciting studies in the pipe=ine. 2 EFTA_R1_00085059 EFTA01772706 We can start with a phone call or whatever. Your call. best ted Ted K=ptchuk Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston, MA 022=5 On Nov 23, 2010, at 3:44 PM, woodson merrell wrote: =blockquote type="cite">=div style="font-size: l0pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Jeffrey and Ted, This is an introduction of the two of you to =ach other. I think you will have a very stimulating, exciting dialogue. I =ave spoken with each of you about the other. Jeffrey, &nbs=; Ted Kaptchuk is a deeply philosophical scientist. Placebo research ha= been his special interest for a decade (and Chinese Medicine before that-=in addition I am sure to many others). He is actually in the process now o= setting up a placebo research center at Harvard--where he has been on the=faculty for > 10 years, principally affiliated with their Osher Ce=ter for Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He wrote = wonderful book, The Web That Has No Weaver, abou= trad Chinese medicine, as the 2nd practitioner to visit China after the t=aw in the 70s. He can send you studies, etc. if you would like. = Ted, Jeffrey is a very successful investor. But the =eason I am recommending he talk with you is that he has a brilliant =cientific mind, is very interested in research and recently he has taken a=keen interest in some far-reaching questions about the implications of the=placebo response. (partly stemming out of his surprise that i would b=lieve in and use homeopathy) I think the two of you will enjoy each other's minds, and possibl= come up with some very interesting ideas for future research. &nb=p; Best, Woody Jeffrey Epstein office: Ted Kaptchuk home-office: 3 EFTA_R1_00085060 EFTA01772707 The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside i=formation, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the=property of Jeffrey Epstein Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying=of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unla=ful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us=immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, including all attachm=nts. =It;Wech-Kapt NEJM 2011.pdf> <Kapt=huk-ritual Phil Tran B.pdf> 4 EFTA_R1_00085061 EFTA01772708