Berufliche Tätigkeiten

• Seit 06/ 2025: Akademische Mitarbeiterin, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Professur für Gesundheitserziehung im Sport, Universität Potsdam
• Seit 2021: Lehrkraft im Fachbereich Oecotrophologie, Hochschule Fulda
• 2023 bis 2025: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Fachbereich Gesundheitswissenschaften, Hochschule Fulda
• 2021: Zusatzausbildung: Adipositastrainerin für Kinder und Jugendliche – Bereich Bewegung (AGA, DAG)
• 2018 bis 2019: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University
• 2016 bis 2018: Studentische Hilfskraft, Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
• 2014 bis 2016: Trainerin im Rehabilitations- und Präventionssport, Endura Training, Köln

• Ruettger, K. et al. (2025). An exploration of barriers and facilitators to healthy eating in HGV drivers. Health and Safety at Work, 16(1), 75-82, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2024.12.001.
• Ruettger, K. et al. (2025). Assessment of UK Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers lifestyle behaviours: A cross-sectional study. J Occup Environ Med, 67(3):e166-e174. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000003296
• Ruettger, K. et al. (2022). Drivers with and without Obesity Respond Differently to a Multi-Component Health Intervention in Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(23):15546. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192315546. PMID: 36497618; PMCID: PMC9739045.
• Ruettger K. et al. (2022). Physical Activity, Sedentary Time and Cardiometabolic Health in Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Occup Environ Med, 1;64(4):e217-e223. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002484
• Sayyah, M., Clemes, S., Maylor, B.,  Edwardson, C.,  Sherry, A., Ruettger, K., Chen, Y-L., Varela Mato, V., Guest, A., King, J., Paine, N., Rowlands, A. (2024). The Effect of Vehicle Motion (Cab Vibration) on Accelerometer Cut-Point Determined Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity in Heavy Goods Vehicle Drivers. Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. doi: 7. 10.1123/jmpb.2024-0027.
• Guest, A. J., Clemes, S. A., King, J. A., Chen, Y. L., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Varela-Mato, V., & Paine, N. J. (2022). Attenuated Cardiovascular Reactivity to Acute Psychological Stress Predicts Future Fatigue Symptoms in Truck Drivers. Jorunal of occupational and environmental medicine/ Americal College of occupational and environmental Medicine. 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002715.
• Clemes, S. A., Varela-Mato, V., Bodicoat, D. H., Brookes, C. L., Chen, Y.-L., Edwardson, C. L., Gray, L. J., Guest, A. J., Johnson, V., Munir, F., Paine, N. J., Richardson, G., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Suazo di Paola, A., Troughton, J., Yates, T., & King, J. A. (2022). The effectiveness of the Structured Health Intervention For Truckers (SHIFT): A cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT). BMC Medicine.
• Clemes, S. A., Varela-Mato, V., Bodicoat, D. H., Brookes, C. L., Chen, Y. -L., Edwardson, C. L., Gray, L. J., Guest, A. J., Johnson, V., Munir, F., Paine, N. J., Richardson, G., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Suazo di Paola, A., Troughton, J., Yates, T., & King, J. A. (2022). A multicomponent structured health behaviour intervention to improve physical activity in long-distance HGV drivers: the SHIFT cluster RCT. Public Health Research. 10. 1-174.10.3310/PNOY9785.
• Guest, A. J., Paine, N. J., Chen, Y.-L., Chalkley, A., Munir, F., Edwardson, C. L., Gray, L. J., Johnson, V., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Troughton, J., Varela-Mato, V., Yates, T., King, J., & Clemes, S. A. (2022). The structured health intervention for truckers (SHIFT) cluster randomised controlled trial: a mixed methods process evaluation. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 19(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-022-01316x
• Guest, A. J., Clemes, S. A., King, J. A., Chen, Y. L., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Sherry, A., Varela -Mato, V., & Paine, N. J. (2021). Attenuated cardiovascular reactivity is related to higher anxiety and fatigue symptoms in truck drivers. Psychophysiology, 58(9). https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13872
• Longman, D. P., Shaw, C. N., Varela-Mato, V., Sherry, A. P., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Guest, A., Chen, Y. L., Paine, N. J., King, J. A., & Clemes, S. A. (2021). Time in nature associated with decreased fatigue in UK truck drivers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063158
• Sherry, A. P., Clemes, S. A., Chen, Y. L., Edwardson, C., Gray, L. J., Guest, A., King, J., Rowlands, A. v., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Varela-Mato, V., & Hartescu, I. (2022). Sleep duration and sleep efficiency in UK long-distance heavy goods vehicle drivers. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 79(2). https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-107643
• Sherry, A. P., Clemes, S. A., Chen, Y. L., Edwardson, C., Gray, L. J., Guest, A., King, J., Rowlands, A. v., Ruettger, K., Sayyah, M., Varela-Mato, V., & Hartescu, I. (2022). Sleep variability in UK long distance heavy goods vehicle drivers. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, journals.lww.com./joem/pages/default.aspx