Aleksandrina Skvortsova
Assistant professor
- Name
- Dr. A. Skvortsova
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- a.skvortsova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0512-0792
Aleksandrina Skvortsova does experimental research on the impact of psychological factors on health and treatment efficacy.
More information about Aleksandrina Skvortsova
News
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Aleksandrina Skvortsova receives LUF grant for Mind over Meal -
New centre of expertise makes placebo research accessible for healthcare and society -
Rubicon grant for pain researcher Aleksandrina Skvortsova -
Annual Health, Medical and Neuropsychology awards -
Pavlov revisited. About the placebo effect of rose scent
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Conference award and poster presentation for health psychologists
Aleksandrina Skvortsova does experimental research on the impact of psychological factors on health and treatment efficacy.
Research
Skvortsova does experimental research on the impact of psychological factors such as expectations, stress, and memory on health and treatment efficacy. With a focus on placebo and nocebo effects, she investigates their role in food metabolism, hunger regulation, and pain perception. Additionally, Aleksandrina's research extends to examining how communication with healthcare professionals influences patients' health. Finally, Aleksandrina is involved in a large consortium on pandemic preparedness where she does qualitative and policy research (p3venti).
Skvortsova is also actively involved in open science community. She is a project manager for Replications & Reversals project of the Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training (FFORT).
Teaching
- Clinical Neuropsychology
- Innovations in Clinical Neurospychology
- Supervision of Bachelor projects
- Supervision of internal and external master theses and research internships
Short CV
Skvortsova completed her PhD thesis 'Conditioning of the neuroendocrine system: the role of oxytocin' at Leiden University. Her research focused on classical conditioning of endocrine responses and the link between endocrine system and placebo and nocebo effects in pain. After that, she spent two years working as a Rubicon fellow at the Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She joined the Health, Medical, and Neuropsychology section of Leiden University as an Assistant Professor in February 2024.
Grants and Awards
- 2022 - Travel grant of Quebec Pain Research Network for attending Neuroscience 2022 conference in San Diego, USA.
- 2022 - Travel grant of International Association for the Study of Pain for attending the 2022 World Congress on Pain in Toronto, Canada.
- 2020 - Rubicon Grant of Dutch Research Council (NWO). Individual fellowship for performing 2 years research at Psychology Department of McGill University, Canada.
- 2017 - APS Young Scholar Scholarship Award, American Psychosomatic Society.
Assistant professor
- Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
- Instituut Psychologie
- Gezondheids, Medische- Neuropsychologie
- Skvortsova A., Veldhuijzen D.S., Dillen L.F. van, Zech H.G., Derksen S.M.J.C., Sars R.H., Meijer O.C., Pijl H. & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Influencing the insulin system by placebo effects in patients with diabetes type 2 and healthy controls: a randomized controlled trial, Psychosomatic Medicine 85(6): 551-560.
- Skvortsova A., Meeuwis S.H., Vos R.C., Vos H.M.M., Middendorp H. van, Veldhuijzen D.S. & Evers A.W.M. (2023), Implicit gender bias in the diagnosis and treatment of type 2 diabetes: a randomized online study, Diabetic Medicine 40(8): .
- Skvortsova A., Cohen Rodrigues T.R., Buisonjé D.R. de, Kowatsch T., Santhanam P., Veldhuijzen D.S., Middendorp H. van & Evers A.W.M. (2022), Increasing the effectiveness of a physical activity smartphone intervention with positive suggestions: randomized controlled trial, Journal of Medical Internet Research 24(3): e32130.
- Meeuwis S.H. Skvortsova A. Laarhoven A.I M. van Holle H. Evers A.W.M. (2022), Can contagious itch be affected by positive and negative suggestions?, Experimental Dermatology 31(12): 1853-1862.
- Skvortsova A., Veldhuijzen D.S., Kloosterman I.E.M., Pacheco-López G. & Evers A.W.M. (2021), Food anticipatory hormonal responses: a systematic review of animal and human studies, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews 126: 447-464.
- Skvortsova A., Veldhuijzen D.S., Middendorp H. van, Colloca L. & Evers A.W.M. (2020), Effects of oxytocin on placebo and nocebo effects in a pain conditioning paradigm: a randomized controlled trial, The Journal of Pain 21(3-4): 430-439.
- Skvortsova A., Veldhuijzen D.S., Rover M. de, Pacheco Lopez G., Bakermans M.J., IJzendoorn M. van, Chavannes N.H., Middendorp H. van & Evers A.W.M. (2020), Effects of oxytocin administration and conditioned oxytocin on brain activity: an fMRI study, PLoS ONE 15(3): e0229692.
- Skvortsova A., Veldhuijzen D.S., Kloosterman I.E.M., Meijer O.C., Middendorp H. van, Pacheco-Lopez G. & Evers A.W.M. (2019), Conditioned hormonal responses: A systematic review in animals and humans, Frontiers in Neuroendocrinology 52: 206-218.
- Skvortsova A. (29 October 2019), Placebo effects and the endocrine system: the role of oxytocin (Dissertatie. Department of Psychology, Health, Medical and Neuropsychology, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Evers A.W.M., Veldhuijzen D.S. & Middendorp H. van.
- Skvortsova A., Veldhuijzen D.S., Middendorp H. van, Bergh O. van den & Evers A.W.M. (2018), Enhancing placebo effects in somatic symptoms through oxytocin, Psychosomatic Medicine 80(4): 353-360.