Asbjørn Hróbjartsson
{{short description|Danish medical researcher}}
Asbjørn Hróbjartsson is a Danish medical researcher. He is Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Research Methodology at the University of Southern Denmark, as well as head of research at Odense University Hospital's Center for Evidence-Based Medicine. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Danish journal Bibliotek for Læger.{{cite web | url=http://methods.cochrane.org/cochrane-scientific-committee-members | title=Cochrane Scientific Committee Members | work=Cochrane Collaboration | accessdate=7 June 2017}} He is also affiliated with the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/4359317/Acupuncture-has-almost-no-effect-in-relieving-pain.html | title=Acupuncture 'has almost no effect in relieving pain' | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=28 January 2009 | accessdate=7 June 2017 | author=Devlin, Kate}} He received his Ph.D. in June 2001 from the University of Copenhagen, with a thesis entitled Are placebo interventions associated with clinically important effects?{{cite web | url=http://nordic.cochrane.org/research-highlights | title=Theses and dissertations | work=Nordic Cochrane Centre | accessdate=7 June 2017}} He is best-known for a 2001 article he co-authored with Peter C. Gotzsche on the placebo effect. The article reviewed 114 studies comparing placebo treatment to no treatment, and concluded that placebos did not have clinically important effects for any condition, with the exception of self-reported pain and other continuous subjective outcomes.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/24/us/placebo-effect-is-more-myth-than-science-study-says.html | title=Placebo Effect Is More Myth Than Science, Study Says | work=The New York Times | date=24 May 2001 | accessdate=7 June 2017 | author=Kolata, Gina | authorlink=Gina Kolata}}{{cite web | url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/eager-hear-placebo-speak/ | title=Why Are We So Eager to Hear "Placebo" Speak? | work=Los Angeles Review of Books | date=3 May 2016 | accessdate=7 June 2017 | author=Kramer, Peter D.|authorlink=Peter D. Kramer}} He has also co-authored a subsequent paper on placebo effect research with Ted Kaptchuk and Franklin G. Miller.{{cite web | url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/the-placebo-phenomenon | title=The Placebo Phenomenon | work=Harvard Magazine | date=January–February 2013 | accessdate=7 June 2017 | author=Feinberg, Cara}}
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