Mgr. Alexandra Husivargová Theofanidis, PhD.

	Email:	alexandra.husivargova@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	https://www.upjs.sk/LF/zamestnanec/alexandra.husivargova
	Faculty:	LF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice Faculty of Medicine
	Department:	USBM - Department of Social and Behavioural Medicine
	Office:	MC8O03
	Phone:	+421 55 234 3449
	ORCID ID:	0000-0002-4639-4354

Alexandra Husivargova (1988) graduated in Psychology at the University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava in 2012. Her diploma thesis examined cultural differences in 17 European, Asian, and Australian countries focusing on self-esteem, well-being, lying, free time, the concept of the afterlife and financial satisfaction (thesis title: “Intercultural comparison of differences in self-esteem, well-being and its attributes in the population of employed young adults”) was awarded the Dean’s prize. Since 2016, she has been a researcher at the Department of Social and Behavioral Medicine at Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice, as well as a PhD student at the University of Groningen. Her research focuses on the research of non-pharmacological interventions in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. She takes part in the Social Medicine, and Diploma Seminar 3 teaching courses. She also supervises general medicine students' diploma theses (6 defended, 10 in progress). She participates in several projects, including APVV and VEGA, and has represented her research at international conferences in Dubrovnik, Santiago de Chile, Padova, Prague and Kosice. She is a member of the IBTN network and attended their summer school program. “The greatest mistake in the treatment of diseases is that there are physicians for the body and physicians for the soul, although the two cannot be separated.” Plato (427–347 BC)

Higher education and further qualification growth

First degree of higher education:

University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, 2010, psychology

Second degree of higher education:

University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, 2012, psychology

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Social Medicine - General Medicine, I+II degree
Diploma Seminar III - General Medicine, I+II degree
Diploma seminar III - Dental Medicine, I+II degree
Selected publications
AFG2 - Husivargová A, Macejová Ž, Benka J, Breznoščáková D, Nagyová I - The Importance of Fatigue and Depression for Quality of Life in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.- International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. – 2018 - ISSN 1070-5503. - Roč. 25, č. 1 - s.185-185.- doi 10.1007/s12529-018-9740-1
AFG3 - Husivargová A, Macejová Ž, Benka J, Nagyová I - The associations between fatigue and coping self-efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - Bulletin of the European Health Psychology Society. – 2017 - ISSN 2225-6962. – Roč. 19, č. 1- s. 798.
AFG1 - Breznoščáková D, Husivargová A - Přírustek hmotnosti u ambulantně léčených depresivnívh nemocných z hlediska pohlaví – Psychiatrie. - 2017- ISSN 1211-7579. – Roč.. 21, č. 1- s. 15.
BEE1 - Husivargová A, Nagyová I, Benka J, Macejová Ž - The importance of fatigue and depression for quality of life in rheumatoid arthritis patients - Proceedings of the 3rd V4 Conference on Public Health 2017. - 2018- ISBN 9788088260080. - S. 37-42.
AED1- Husivargová A, Kimáková T -Medzikulturálne porovnanie frekvencie pozitívnych emócií u zamestnaných v období mladšej dospelosti - Teoreticko- praktické pohľady na problémy súčastnej spoločnosti.- 2016- ISBN 9788055325903. - s. 86-90.
Selected projects
LORICCOM (APVV-15-0719): Longitudinálny výskum psychosociálnych inovácií v manažmente chronických chorôb. Doba riešenia: 2016-2020, rozpočet: 184 812 EUR (člen riešiteľského kolektívu).
VEGA 1/0594/17: Behaviorálne a sociálne faktory, stratégie zvládania a kvalita života u pacientov so sklerózou multiplex. Doba riešenia: 2017-2019 (člen riešiteľského kolektívu).
bilateralna spolupraca - PhD. University of Groningen- Longitudinal research on psychosocial innovations in rheumatoid arthritis
International mobilities and visits
University of Groningen, Ant. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, 27.09.2019 - 05.10.2019, Erasmus +
NOVA University Lisbon, Avenida Padre Cruz 1600- 560 Lisboa, 20.05.2019 - 04.06.2019, Erasmus +
University of Groningen, Ant. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, 16.09.2018 - 29.09.2018, Erasmus +
University of Groningen, Ant. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, 06.06.2017 - 17.06.2017, Erasmus +

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