PD Dr. Patrick Gajewski

Scientific staff

Aging

+49 231 1084-383

gajewski@ifado.de

Head of department

Prof. Dr. Edmund Wascher

wascher@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-362

Secretariat

Judith Geiger

geiger@ifado.de

+49 231 1084-361

Address

Ardeystr. 67
44139 Dortmund

2017
Habilitation (Venia Legendi for Psychology, Priv.-Doz.), Faculty of Educational Science, Psychology and Educational Research (FK 12), TU Dortmund University
since 2007
research assistant in the "Ageing" networking group at IfADo
2005
Doctorate at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2001-2007
Research assistant in the research group "Flexible Behavior Control" at IfADo
1994-2001
Degree in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, major in biological psychology, minor in psychiatry

Here you will find the Publications from 2010 onwards that were produced at IfADo.

Gajewski PD, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

The association between hair cortisol and burnout is moderated by age, psychosocial, and immunological markers. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2025; 43:100909. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2024.100909

Mundorf A, Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Larra MF, Wascher E, Genç E, Ocklenburg S:

Phenotyping in clinical laterality research: a comparison of commonly used methods to determine mixed-handedness and ambidexterity. Laterality 29:331–349 (2024)

Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Schneider D, Wascher E:

Resting-state EEG data before and after cognitive activity across the adult lifespan and a 5-year follow-up. Sci Data 11 (1): 988 (2024) (5 pp)

Getzmann S, Arnau S, Gajewski PD, Wascher E:

Auditory distraction, time perception, and the role of age: ERP evidence from a large cohort study. Neurobiol Aging 144: 114-126 (2024)

Gajewski PD, Rieker J, Athanassiou G, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kleinsorge T, Nitsche M, Reinders J, Tisch A, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

Arbeitsfähigkeit über die Lebensspanne: Rolle von biologischen, soziodemografischen, psychosozialen und Lebensstilfaktoren. In: 64. Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der DGAUM, 13. bis 16. März 2024 in München + online (Beitrag 17, S. 82-84). Hrsg. von Jessica Lang, Simone Schmitz-Spanke. Stuttgart: Gentner, 2024

Getzmann S, Golka K, Bröde P, Reinders J, Kadhum T, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Gajewski PD:

Chronic Toxoplasma gondii infection modulates hearing ability across the adult life span. Life 14 (2): 194 (2024) (10 pp)

Larra MF, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Metzler Y:

Stress from early life to adulthood: Is there a protective role of cognitive control? Brain Cogn 78: 106165 (2024) (9 pp)

Getzmann S, Reiser JE, Gajewski PD, Schneider D, Karthaus M, Wascher E:

Cognitive aging at work and in daily life - a narrative review on challenges due to age-related changes in central cognitive functions. Front Psychol 14: 1232344 (2023) (11 pp)

Bröde P, Claus M, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Wascher E, Watzl C:

From immunosenescence to aging types – establishing reference intervals for immune age biomarkers by centile estimation. Int J Mol Sci 24 (17): 13186 (2023) (17 pp)

Gajewski PD, Stahn C, Zülch J, Wascher E, Getzmann S, Falkenstein M:

Effects of cognitive and stress management training in middle-aged and older industrial workers in different socioeconomic settings: A randomized controlled study. Front Psychol 14: 1229503 (2023)

Rieker JA, Gajewski PD, Reales JM, Ballesteros S, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

The impact of physical fitness, social life, and cognitive functions on work ability in middle-aged and older adults. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 96: 507–520 (2023)

Akan O, Bierbrauer A, Kunz L, Gajewski PD, Getzmann S, Hengstler JG, Wascher E, Axmacher N, Wolf OT:

Chronic stress is associated with specific path integration deficits. Behav Brain Res 442: 114305 (2023) (13 pp)

Gajewski PD, Rieker JA, Athanassiou G, Bröde P, Claus M, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kleinsorge T, Nitsche MA, Reinders J, Tisch A, Watzl C, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

A systematic analysis of biological, sociodemographic, psychosocial, and lifestyle factors contributing to work ability across the working life span: cross-sectional study. JMIR Form Res 7: e40818 (2023) (25 pp)

Mundorf A, Getzmann S, Gajewski PD, Larra MF, Wascher E, Ocklenburg S:

Stress exposure, hand preference, and hand skill: A deep phenotyping approach. Laterality 28: 209–237 (2023)

Gajewski PD, Golka K, Hengstler JG, Kadhum T, Digutsch J, Genç E, Wascher E, Getzmann S:

Does physical fitness affect cognitive functions differently across adulthood? An advantage of being older. Front Psychol 14: 1134770 (2023) (14 pp)