Jeremy Howick

Press

Press

The Telegraph
Does this study prove that back pain is all in your mind?
The Daily Mail
How placebos work – even when you know you’re taking a sugar pill
BBC Horizon
The placebo experiment: can my brain cure my body?
The Guardian
I knew they were sugar pills, but I felt fantastic – the rise of open-label placebos
BBC News
‘Most family doctors’ have given a patient a placebo drug
The Conversation
Only one in ten medical treatments are backed by high-quality evidence

Official Bio

Jeremy Howick is a philosopher and medical researcher exploring how we can find better evidence for treatments that really work. He is a renowned international expert in Evidence Based Medicine, Placebo Studies and Doctor Empathy.

Currently he is Professor of Empathic Healthcare and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare at the University of Leicester and he has also taught at the University of Oxford, McGill University, University of Buffalo and University of Bologna.

He has won numerous awards for his research and teaching and has published two books – Doctor You – a bestselling health title, and The Philosophy of Evidence Based Medicine – a textbook which spearheaded a new sub-discipline. He frequently writes for national press including The Guardian, HuffPost, and The Daily Telegraph and has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers.