Prof. Colloca holds a MD, master degree in Bioethics and a PhD in Neuroscience. She has over 12 years of research experience in the area of pain modulation and placebo effects. Her research focuses on how expectations and different types of learning mechanisms shape experience-driven placebo and nocebo effects. Prof. Colloca has authored more than 55 original articles, well-cited in the biomedical literature and published in journals such as Pain, Nature Neurosci, JAMA, J Neuro, and BMJ. She also co-edited three books on placebo effects for Elsevier, JHP, and Lambert Press respectively.