2016 – 2021: Master of Advanced Studies in Kognitiver Verhaltenstherapie und Verhaltensmedizin (Therapieausbildung) an der Universität Zürich mit Anerkennung als „eidgenössisch anerkannter Psychotherapeut“.

2016 – 2020: Promotion (Doctor of Philisophy, PhD) mit wissenschaftlicher Assistenz und Dozententätigkeit an der Universität Zürich zum Thema: „Biopsychosocial markers and their association with healthy aging in men. A longitudinal approach“

2014 – 2015: Master of Science in Psychologie (Schwerpunkt: Klinische Psychologie und Gesundheitspsychologie) an der Universität Zürich

2009 – 2014: Bachelor of Science in Psychologie an der Universität Zürich

• Seit Nov. 2021: Teilzeittätigkeit bei der Sozialversicherungsanstalt Zürich, IV-Stelle, im Bereich Prävention, Beratungs- und Bildungsangebot von Führungskräften.
• 2020-2022: Fallführender Psychologe bei Clienia Schlössli AG (Station D2 Privé Stressfolgeerkrankungen und Psychosomatik mit Schwerpunkt Schematherapie)
• 2016-2019: Wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Dozent, Doktorand am Lehrstuhl für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der Universität Zürich bei Prof. Dr. Ulrike Ehlert
• 2016-2019: Psychotherapeut unter Supervision am Ambulantorium für kognitive Verhaltenstherapie und Verhaltensmedizin der Universität Zürich
• 2016 (März-September): Fallführender Psychologe bei Clienia Schlössli AG (Station B2 Privé Stressfolgeerkrankungen und ganzheitliche Medizin 50plus, Station S2 Behandlungsschwerpunkt Psychosen)
• 2015-2016: Telefonische Patientenannahme bei Refugio Stuttgart, psychosoziales Zentrum für traumatisierte Flüchtlinge
• 2009-2015: Verschiedene Praktika und projektbezogene Stellen in verschiedenen Forschungsprojekten im Bereich Stressforschung, Mimikanalyse und Persönlichkeit

Publikationen

Peer-reviewed Journal Publikationen

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Waldvogel, P.; Ehlert, U. (2020) Fatherhood Is Associated with Increased Infidelity and Moderates the Link between Relationship Satisfaction and Infidelity.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Fiacco, S.; Ehlert, U. (2020). The Relation Between Steroid Secretion Patterns and the Androgen Receptor Gene Polymorphism on Physical Health and Psychological Well-Being – Longitudinal Findings From the Men’s Health 40+ Study

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2020). Age-related changes in endocrine markers do not match changes in psychosocial measures – Findings from the Men’s Health 40+ longitudinal study

Klismas, C.; Ehlert, Lacker, T.J.; Waldvogel, P.; Walther, A. (2019). Higher testosterone levels are associated with unfaithful behavior in men: the hormonal sex drive for infidelity

Walther, A.; Lacker, T.J.; Ehlert, U (2018). Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting… – The beneficial effects of Tai Chi Qigong and self-defense Kung-Fu training on psychological and endocrine health in middle aged and older men.

Präsentationen:

Bosshard, D., Lacker, T.J., Martinovic, T. (2021). Smart Health Care Institutions: Wie geht das?. Presented at the Second e-Healthcare Circle in Bellikon (CH).

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2019). A longitudinal analysis of aggression and healthy aging in middle aged and older men (2019, June). Presented at the Annual Conference of the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in Vancouver, Canada.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2019). Age-related alterations in endocrine markers do not match changes in psychosocial measures – Findings from the Men’s Health 40+ longitudinal study (2019, May). Presented at the research Kolloqium of the University Research Priority Program “Dynamics of Healthy Aging” in Zurich, Switzerland.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2018). The buffering effect of Asian martial arts on age-related psychobiological changes and stress – Findings from the men’s health 40+ study (2018, May). Presented at the annual Conference of the German Society for Sport Psychology, Cologne, Germany.

Veröffentlichte Abstracts

Fiacco, S.; N. Lozza; Kübler, U.; Ehlert, U.; Scheiwiller, M.; Rüttimann, C.; Lacker, T.; Farahmand, F.; La Marca, R. (2017, September): Mind over matter – The association between mindfulness, acute stress and the immune response. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Zurich, CH.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2017, September): How prenatal testosterone exposure influences sexual function in aging men. Findings from the Men’s Health 40+ study. Poster presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Zurich, CH.

Poster

Lacker, T.J.; Ehlert, U. (2019). Mindfulness buffers symptoms of aging in a four-year follow-up – Findings from the men’s health 40+ longitudinal study (2019, April). Presented at the EUCAS Aging and Cognition Conference 2019, Zurich, CH.

Lacker, T.J.; Ehlert, U. (2019). The buffering effect of mindfulness on the association between cortisol and critical life events. Findings from the men’s health 40+ study (2019, February). Presented at the annual meeting of the Swiss StressNetwork, Basel, CH.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2018). Longitudinal Data on sexual function. Findings from the men’s health 40+- study (2018, September). Presented at the annual in-house conference of the University of Zurich’s Research Priority Program “Dynamics of healthy aging”, Kartause-Ittingen, CH.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2018). Ratio of DHEA/Cortisol and its’ associations with aging and health – Findings from the Men’s Health 40+ study (2018, September). Presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Irvine, California, USA.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2018). Preliminary results of the longitudinal men’s health 40+ study – biopsychosocial factors of healthy aging (2018, June). Presented at the annual conference of the swiss society for Gerontology, Montreux, CH.

Lacker, T.J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2018). Men‘s Health 40+: 2nd Wave of the Longitudinal Study on Biopsychosocial Factors of Healthy Aging (2017, September). Presented at the annual in-house conference of the University of Zurich’s Research Priority Program “Dynamics of healthy aging”, Kartause-Ittingen, CH.

Fiacco, S.; N. Lozza; Kübler, U.; Ehlert, U.; Scheiwiller, M.; Rüttimann, C.; Lacker, T.; Farahmand, F.; La Marca, R. (2017, September): Mind over matter – The association between mindfulness, acute stress and the immune response. Presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, Zurich, CH.

Lacker, T. J.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2017, September): How prenatal testosterone exposure influences sexual function in aging men. Findings from the Men’s Health 40+ study. Presented at the annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendicrinology, Zurich, CH.

Kerr, J.; Lozza, N.; Ehlert, U.; Fiacco, S.; Lacker, T.; Rütimann, C.; Kuehne, F.; Scheiwiller, M.; Lekic, C.; Rutishauser, A.; Fahramand, F.; La Marca, R.: Social anxiousness is associated with discordance of the psychological and the physiological stress response: An explanation taking chronic stress into account. Award winning Poster, presented at the “MaDoKo” Graduate Congress of the University of Zurich, Zurich, CH.

Lacker, T.; Walther, A.; Ehlert, U. (2017, April). Steroid secretion and proinflammatory cytokines as parameters of healthy aging and cognition in middle aged and older men. Presented at the annual meeting of the European Cognitive Aging Society on “Aging & Cognition”, Zurich, CH.

La Marca, R.; Lozza, N.; Lacker, T.; Ehlert, U. (2015). The role of the vagus nerve for mental and somatic health and ways to increase its activity. (June, 2015) Presented at the annual conference of the SSP/SGP, Genève, CH.

Nicht-wissenschaftliche Publikationen

Ehlert, U.; Fiacco, S.; Lacker, T.; Mernone, L. (2018). “130 Women”. Art Project exhibited at the “100 ways of thinking”-exhibition organized by the University of Zurich. Material: Collage of dried blood spot and saliva samples programmed to show gradients between blood and saliva. Exhibited at the Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH. (https://100ways.ch/de/11/exhibit_detail/)

Castro, R.; Lacker, T. (2018). “Foundations of stress”. Poster exhibited at the “100 ways of thinking”-exhibition organized by the University of Zurich.

Lehre

Vortrag (2019): Forum für medizinische Fortbildung (FomF): Gesundheit und Gesundheitsverhalten im Alter. Weiterbildungskurs auf deutsch.

Seminar (2019): Gesundheitsverhalten aus biopsychologischer Perspektive. Masterlevel auf deutsch.

Seminar (2017-2019): Therapeutische Gesprächsführung – Ein praxisorientiertes Seminar. Masterlevel auf deutsch.

Seminar (2016 & 2018): Angststörungen: Befunde, Theorien und Behandlung. Bachelorlevel auf deutsch und englisch. 

Seminar (2018): Experimentalpsychologisches Praktikum (Forschungsmethoden und wissenschaftliches Projektmanagement). Bachelorlevel auf deutsch.

Seminar (2017): Biopsychologische Methoden. Masterlevel auf deutsch.

Seminar (2017): Ätiologie, Diagnostik und Behandlung spezifischer Störungen in der Verhaltensmedizin. Masterlevel auf deutsch.

Vortrag (2019): Fiacco, S.; Lacker, T.J.; Mernone, L.; Ehlert, U. Forever Young – Biopsychosoziale Faktoren gesunden Alterns bei Männern und Frauen. Präsentation im Rahmen der Seniorenuniversität der Universität Zürich.