Biography
Chloe Austerberry is a Research Associate at the Centre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, and Betty Behrens Fellow-Elect at Clare Hall, at the University of Cambridge. Chloe’s research examines early markers of genetic effects on cognitive and psychological outcomes. She is particularly focused on childhood language development and the early social environment as potentially key mechanisms implicated in translating genetic differences between children into differences in complex life outcomes such as educational attainment and mental health.
Publications
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Austerberry, C., Zayats, T., Ronald, A., Corfield, E., Smajlagic, D., Havdahl, A., Andreassen, O. A., Magnus, P., Njølstad, P. R., Bekkhus, M., & Fearon, P. (2025). Direct and Environmentally Mediated Pathways from Education-Associated Genetic Propensity to Childhood Educational Performance: Results from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). Advance online publication. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.70025
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Austerberry, C., Fearon, P., Ronald, A., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., Neiderhiser, J. M. & Reiss, D. (2024). Evocative Effects on the Early Caregiving Environment of Genetic Factors Underlying the Development of Intellectual and Academic Ability. Child Development, 95(6), 2082–2101. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14142
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Austerberry, C., Mateen, M., Fearon, P., & Ronald, A. (2022). Heritability of Psychological Traits and Developmental Milestones in Infancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Network Open, 5(8):e2227887. https://doi.org/jamanetworkopen.2022.27887
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Austerberry, C., Fearon, P., Ronald, A., Leve, L. D., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Shaw, D. S., Neiderhiser, J. M. & Reiss, D. (2022). Early manifestations of intellectual performance: Evidence that genetic effects on later academic test performance are mediated through verbal performance in early childhood. Child Development, 93(2), e188-e206. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13706
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Austerberry, C. & Fearon, P. (2021). An Overview of Developmental Behavioural Genetics. In L. Provenzi & R. Montirosso (Eds.), Translational Epigenetics, Developmental Human Behavioral Epigenetics. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819262-7.00003-9
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de Wit, M. M., Morgan, M. M., Libedinsky, I., Austerberry, C., Begeer, S., Abdellaoui, A., Ronald, A., & Polderman, T. J. C. (2025). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Research Using the Autism Polygenic Score. JAACAP Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaacop.2025.04.001
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Bowler, A., Arichi, T., Austerberry, C., Fearon, P., & Ronald., A. (2024). A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Associations Between Motor Milestone Timing and Motor Development in Neurodevelopmental Conditions. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 105825. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105825
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Solberg, B. S., Kvalvik, L. G., Instanes, J. T., Hartman, C. A., Klungsøyr, K., Li, L., Larsson, H., Magnus, P., Njølstad, P. R., Johansson, S., Andreassen, O. A., Bakken, N. R., Bekkhus, M., Austerberry, C., … & Zayats, T. (2024). Maternal Fiber Intake During Pregnancy and Development of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms Across Childhood: The Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study. Biological Psychiatry, 95(9), 839–848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2023.12.017
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Cheung, R. W., Austerberry, C., Fearon, P., Hayiou-Thomas, M. E., Leve, L. D., Shaw, D. S., Ganiban, J. M., Natsuaki, M. N., Neiderhiser, J. M., & Reiss, D. (2024). Disentangling genetic and environmental influences on early language development: The interplay of genetic propensity for negative emotionality and surgency, and parenting behavior effects on early language skills in an adoption study. Child Development, 95(3), 699-720. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14021
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Ranzato, E., Austerberry, C., Besser, S. J., Cirasola, A., & Midgley, N. (2021). A qualitative analysis of goals set by foster carers seeking support for their child’s emotional well-being. Adoption and Fostering, 45 (1), 7-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308575921991951
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Midgley, N., Cirasola, A., Austerberry, C., Ranzato, R., West, G., Martin, P., Redfern, S., Cotmore, R., & Park, T. (2019). Supporting foster carers to meet the needs of looked after children: a feasibility and pilot evaluation of the Reflective Fostering Programme. Developmental Child Welfare, 1(1): 41-60. https://doi.org/10.1177/2516103218817550
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Redfern, S., Wood, S., Lassri, D., Cirasola, A., West, G., Austerberry, C., Luyten, P., Fonagy, P., & Midgley, N. (2018). The Reflective Fostering Programme (RFP): background and development of the approach. Adoption and Fostering, 42 (3): 234-248. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308575918790434
Other Professional Activities
Chloe is a Psychological and Behavioural Sciences Praeceptor at Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge, an Honorary Lecturer at UCL, and an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at Anna Freud.
