Andreas Küffer

LIFE Fellow from 2013 to 2015, University of Zurich

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in 2016

The Association Between Telomere Length and Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Cross-sectional, Transgenerational study on Swiss Elderly With a History of Repeated Childhood Maltreatment and Their Offspring

(Advisor: Andreas Maercker)

Selected Publications

Küffer, A. L., O’Donovan, A., Burri, A., & Maercker, A. (2016). Posttraumatic stress disorder, adverse childhood events, and buccal cell telomere length in elderly Swiss former indentured child laborers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 7, Article 147. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00147

Küffer, A. L., Thoma, M. V., & Maercker, A. (2016). Transgenerational aspects of former Swiss child laborers: do second generations suffer from their parents' adverse early-life experiences? European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 7, Article 30804. https://doi.org/10.3402/ejpt.v7.30804

Küffer, A., Maercker, A., & Burri, A. (2014). Transgenerational effects of PTSD or traumatic stress: Do telomeres reach across the generations? Trauma & Treatment, 3, Article 204. https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-1222.1000204