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Pain Management and Placebo Effect

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
William H. Roughan
The University of Queensland
2
Sabrina Coninx
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3
David Hohenschurz‐Schmidt
Imperial College London
4
Lewis Crawford
The University of Sydney
5
Mayte Serrat
Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari
6
Lucía Simón‐Vicente
Universidad de Burgos
7
Naoki Yamauchi
Hokkaido University
8
Jeong-Yun Lee
Institute for Basic Science
9
Lada Kohoutová
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
10
Dan‐Mikael Ellingsen
Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Rising Stars Papers

1
Pain Philosophy: Recent Debates and Future Challenges
Philosophy Compass|2024
24 cit.
2
Somatotopic organization of brainstem analgesic circuitry
Science|2025
10 cit.
3
Validation of ActiGraph and Fitbit in the assessment of energy expenditure in Huntington's disease
Gait & Posture|2024
6 cit.
4
Written narratives to understand the experience of individuals living with fibromyalgia
Musculoskeletal Care|2024
4 cit.
5
Placebo effects in osteopathy and other manual therapies – What they are and why they matter to clinical practice, education, and research
International journal of osteopathic medicine|2025
4 cit.
6
The Psychological Benefits of Forest Bathing in Individuals with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Pilot Study
Healthcare|2025
4 cit.
7
Impact of Upper Limb Function on Activities of Daily Living and Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease
Journal of Clinical Medicine|2024
3 cit.
8
A multimodal intervention of manual therapy, exercise, and psychological management for painful diabetic neuropathy: intervention development and feasibility trial protocol
Pain Management|2025
3 cit.
9
Conditioned Pain Modulation, Placebo and Offset Analgesia: Rates of Behavioural Expression of Inhibitory, Nonresponse and Facilitatory Pain Modulatory Effects
European Journal of Pain|2025
3 cit.
10
Preference Trials: An Underexplored Design in Musculoskeletal Research
JOSPT Methods|2025
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Alia J. Crum
Stanford University
2
Arya Nielsen
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
3
Veronica Zador
Cranbrook Academy of Art
4
Zizhen Zhang
University of Calgary
5
Ali Benomar
Mohammed V University
6
Evelyn Thorne
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
7
Stefan G. Lechner
Universität Hamburg
8
Marwan N. Baliki
Northwestern University
9
Meike Shedden‐Mora
Universität Hamburg
10
Kerstin Luedtke
University of Lübeck

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
How does generative artificial intelligence impact student creativity?
Journal of Creativity|2023
276 cit.
2
Intrinsically disordered intracellular domains control key features of the mechanically-gated ion channel PIEZO2
Nature Communications|2022
83 cit.
3
The Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q): Validation of a generic multidimensional scale measuring patients’ treatment expectations
PLoS ONE|2023
78 cit.
4
Evaluation of the “rethink stress” mindset intervention: A metacognitive approach to changing mindsets.
Journal of Experimental Psychology General|2023
53 cit.
5
Effects of Wearable Fitness Trackers and Activity Adequacy Mindsets on Affect, Behavior, and Health: Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of Medical Internet Research|2022
51 cit.
6
Making sense of a pandemic: Mindsets influence emotions, behaviors, health, and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Social Science & Medicine|2022
35 cit.
7
To Calibrate or not to Calibrate? A Methodological Dilemma in Experimental Pain Research
Journal of Pain|2022
31 cit.
8
Nutritional Analysis of Foods and Beverages Posted in Social Media Accounts of Highly Followed Celebrities
JAMA Network Open|2022
25 cit.
9
Sexting in Young Adults: A Normative Sexual Behavior
Archives of Sexual Behavior|2023
24 cit.
10
Language in popular American culture constructs the meaning of healthy and unhealthy eating: Narratives of craveability, excitement, and social connection in movies, television, social media, recipes, and food reviews
Appetite|2022
20 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Irene Tracey
University of Oxford
2
M. Catherine Bushnell
Housing Studies Association
3
Christian Büchel
Universität Hamburg
4
Raymond J. Dolan
Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging
5
Martin Ingvar
Karolinska Institutet
6
Fabrizio Benedetti
Department of Medical Sciences
7
Tor D. Wager
University of Colorado Boulder
8
Chris Frith
University of London
9
Irving Kirsch
Harvard University
10
Christopher Eccleston
Ghent University Hospital

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Unity and Diversity of Executive Functions and Their Contributions to Complex “Frontal Lobe” Tasks: A Latent Variable Analysis
Cognitive Psychology|2000
15.5k cit.
2
Large-scale automated synthesis of human functional neuroimaging data
Nature Methods|2011
4k cit.
3
Empathy for Pain Involves the Affective but not Sensory Components of Pain
Science|2004
3.9k cit.
4
Neural systems supporting interoceptive awareness
Nature Neuroscience|2004
3.4k cit.
5
Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2000
3.2k cit.
6
Psychophysiological and Modulatory Interactions in Neuroimaging
NeuroImage|1997
3.2k cit.
7
Pain Affect Encoded in Human Anterior Cingulate But Not Somatosensory Cortex
Science|1997
2.6k cit.
8
Cortical substrates for exploratory decisions in humans
Nature|2006
2.3k cit.
9
Development and neurophysiology of mentalizing
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2003
2.3k cit.
10
Dissociable Roles of Ventral and Dorsal Striatum in Instrumental Conditioning
Science|2004
2.2k cit.

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