Yoni K. Ashar, PhD

Yoni K. Ashar, PhD,  is a postdoctoral associate in the department of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. Dr. Ashar is the lead author of the JAMA Psychiatry study on PRT for chronic back pain.

The Power of the Placebo Effect

The Power of the Placebo Effect

Yoni K. Ashar, PhD | October 8, 2022

During World War II, Henry Beecher, MD, a Harvard-trained anesthesiologist, ran out of morphine to use for anesthesia. He turned…

Unlearn Pain

Unlearn Pain

Yoni K. Ashar, PhD | February 5, 2022

Acute low back pain, which is incredibly common, can last from a few days to a few weeks. But for…