Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, known for his research on the placebo effect and Chinese medicine. Kaptchuk was in direct email contact with Jeffrey Epstein, who claimed to have funded placebo research at Harvard for approximately fifteen years. Epstein cited Anne Harrington as a collaborator in the placebo work.
Kaptchuk appeared on a 2009 list of scientists Epstein was cultivating for a planned science gathering, described as a Chinese medicine expert at Harvard. He also received a calendar reminder tied to a June 2013 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center event on the science of placebo.