Karin de Punder

Karin de Punder is a researcher at the Department of Clinical Psychology II, Faculty of Psychology, University of Innsbruck. Her work focuses on understanding the biological mechanisms linking psychological stress exposure to mental and physical disorders, with emphasis on biomarker identification and personalized medicine approaches.

Research interests include:

• Neuroendocrine system
• Telomere biology
• Prenatal and early life stress
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Immunopsychiatry
• Metabolic function
• Epigenetics

Contact: Karin.De-Punder@uibk.ac.at, Room 3W12, Phone: +43 (0)512 507-56077