Kate Faasse

Kate Faasse is an Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of New South Wales, where Faasse has worked since 2016. Faasse completed a PhD in Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland in 2013 and has developed a substantial research program focused on placebo and nocebo effects, treatment expectations, health beliefs, and the psychological factors underlying responses to medical interventions. Faasse's work encompasses diverse topics including vaccine hesitancy, medication adherence, the role of information framing in health decision-making, misinformation and conspiracy theories, and the social transmission of health-related beliefs and symptoms. Recent research has also examined pandemic-related psychological phenomena, including COVID-19 vaccination perspectives and the psychological dimensions of breast implant illness.