Gertraud Stadler

Prof. Dr. Gertraud Stadler serves as Professor for Gender-Sensitive Prevention Research and Director of the Institute of Gender in Medicine (GiM) at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. She also holds an Honorary Senior Lecturer position in Health Psychology at the University of Aberdeen's School of Medicine. Her academic journey includes significant roles at Columbia University, where she served as Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Managing Director of the Columbia Couples Lab, and later as Associate Research Scientist at the Mailman School of Public Health.

Dr. Stadler's educational background includes a Diploma in Psychology from the University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (2000) and a Doctorate Summa Cum Laude from the University of Hamburg (2006), where she researched self-regulation of health behavior in collaboration with a major health insurance company. Her early career included research positions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.

Her research focuses on personalized prevention interventions and how individuals and couples can modify daily behaviors to maintain lifelong health and better manage illness. Three core research questions drive her work: strategies for sustainable health behavior change among women, men, and couples; the influence of social networks on health and well-being; and methods for valid and reliable reporting of behavior changes. Her work is characterized by interdisciplinary collaboration spanning medicine, nutritional sciences, nursing sciences, sports sciences, statistics, and technology.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals a strong emphasis on couples-based health interventions, mobile health technologies, and longitudinal assessment methods. Her research consistently applies intensive longitudinal methodologies to understand health behavior change in real-world contexts, with particular attention to gender differences and dyadic processes. Key thematic areas include smoking cessation, physical activity promotion, medication adherence, and coping with chronic conditions.

• 2014 Early Career Award, Department of Health Psychology, International Association for Applied Psychology
• 2003-2004 Scholarship Abroad, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
• 2002-2005 Scholarship for Graduate Studies, German Research Foundation (DFG)

Dr. Stadler has secured significant research funding including a National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism grant (2017-2022) for 'Tailored Adaptive Mobile Messaging to Reduce Problem Drinking,' an NIHR Public Health Research Programme grant (2018-2020) for alcohol intervention in prison settings, and a Columbia University pilot grant (2014-2015) for medication adherence research in epilepsy patients. Her collaborative approach spans multiple institutions and disciplines, reflecting her commitment to translational research that bridges theory and practice.

As Director of the Institute of Gender in Medicine at Charité, Dr. Stadler leads a research environment focused on understanding gender differences in health and disease. Her work with the Columbia Couples Lab established foundational methodologies for studying dyadic health processes, and she continues to advance these approaches through interdisciplinary collaborations across Europe and North America.