Professional Record
| since 2024 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 2023 | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt |
| 2018 to 2023 | Predoctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital, Goethe University, Frankfurt |
Education
| 2018 to 2023 | Doctoral Studies (Psychology), Goethe University, Frankfurt |
Awards
2024: ECR Research Award of the Subdivision Health Psychology of the German Psychological Society (DGPs)
2021: Oral Presentation Award at the 35. EHPS Conference (Conference of the European Health Psychology Society)
Committee Involvement
Since 2023: Secretary of the CREATE Executive Committee (Collaborative Research And Training in the European Health Psychology Society - The Early Career Researcher Network of the EHPS)
Since 2023: Events Officer of the Executive Committee of the Special Interest Group ‘Digital Health and Computer-Tailoring’ of the EHPS
2023-2024: Member of the Scientific Committee of the EHPS conference 2024
2023: Co-Chair of the track ‘Methodology’ of the EHPS conference 2023
Publications
Inauen, J., Allan, J., Aulbach, M. B., Bamert, M., Blechert, J., Lüthi, S., Powell, D., Ruf, A., & O'Connor, D. B. (2025). Investigating stress and health behavior relationships in daily life: Towards a framework for advancing future research. OSF Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/y8akb_v1
Konstanti, P., Ahrens, K. F., Neumann, R. J., Plichta, M. M., Schiweck, C., Ruf, A., Fiebach, C. J., Kalisch, R., Basten, U., Wessa, M., Tuescher, O., Kollmann, B., Lieb, K., Arias-Vasquez, A., Smidt, H., Reif, A., Matura, S., & Belzer, C. (2025). Impulsivity among healthy adults is associated with diet and fecal microbiota composition. Translational Psychiatry, 15, Article 263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-025-03483-4
Ruf, A., Neubauer, A. B., Koch, E. D., Ebner-Priemer, U., Reif, A., & Matura, S. (2025). Stressed! Grab a bite? Stress eating in adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: An Ecological Momentary Assessment study. Neuroscience Applied, 4, 105509. Article 105509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nsa.2025.105509
Ruf, A., & König, L. M. (2025). What (not) to eat: Exploring weight-loss and dietary intentions in representative samples from Germany and Austria. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17(5), Article e70077. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.70077
Schrems, E., Gruber, J. R., Schiweck, C., Ruf, A., Reif, A., Goldbach, R., Edwin Thanarajah, S., & Matura, S. (2025). Daily life stress is linked to increased glucose levels in individuals with insulin resistance: a real-world assessment. Diabetologia. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06552-x
Braun, M., Emmer, C., Silva, C. C., Ruf, A., Foley, L., & Bamert, M. (2024). CREATE activities for early career researchers in 2024. The European Health Psychologist, 23(2), 1124-1128. https://doi.org/10.62696/ehp.v23i2.3448
Bruckner, F., Gruber, J. R., Ruf, A., Edwin Thanarajah, S., Reif, A., & Matura, S. (2024). Exploring the Link between Lifestyle, Inflammation, and Insulin Resistance through an Improved Healthy Living Index. Nutrients, 16(3), Article 388. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16030388
Gruber, J. R., Ruf, A., Süß, E. D., Tariverdian, S., Ahrens, K. F., Schiweck, C., Ebner-Priemer, U., Edwin Thanarajah, S., Reif, A., & Matura, S. (2024). Impact of blood glucose on cognitive function in insulin resistance: novel insights from ambulatory assessment. Nutrition Diabetes, 14(1), Article 74. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41387-024-00331-0
Ruf, A., Ahrens, K. F., Gruber, J. R., Neumann, R. J., Kollmann, B., Kalisch, R., Lieb, K., Tüscher, O., Plichta, M. M., Nöthlings, U., Ebner-Priemer, U., Reif, A., & Matura, S. (2024). Move Past Adversity or Bite Through It? Diet Quality, Physical Activity, and Sedentary Behavior in Relation to Resilience. American Psychologist, 80(2), 180-192. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001423
Reidy, C., Blöchl, M., Braun, M., Foley, L., Ruf, A., & Watson, D. (2023). CREATE activities for early career researchers 2023. Web publication