Dasha Sandra, MSc
Dasha Sandra is a PhD student in Clinical Psychology at University of Toronto.
She studies the role of placebo effects and mindsets in personalised medicine and mental health.
Research
- Found that simply framing a sham treatment as personalised increases its effectiveness (National Post).
- Co-authored several studies on
smartphone addiction:
its rates around the world,
its relationship with creativity,
and a behavioural intervention to reduce it.
This research now has a website with practical recommendations on how to reduce screen time.
- Found that people with certain personality traits are less sensitive to financial rewards.
Non-profit work
- Co-founded the Montreal Ukrainian Wellness Program - a mental health initiative that provides free support and psychotherapy to war-displaced Ukrainians in Quebec, Canada (as seen on McGill Health, CBC, and CityNews).