Dr Chloe Austerberry
Chloe Austerberry’s work focuses on uncovering early markers of genetic effects on cognitive and psychological outcomes.
She is particularly interested in childhood language development and the early social environment as potentially key mechanisms through which genetic differences between individuals contribute to variation in complex life outcomes such as educational attainment and antisocial behaviour.
Chloe is a Research Associate at the Centre for Child, Adolescent and Family Research, Praeceptor in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences at Corpus Christi College, an Honorary Lecturer at UCL, and Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at Anna Freud.
Select publications
- Austerberry, C., Zayats, T., Ronald, A., Corfield, E., Smajlagic, D., Havdahl, A., Andreassen, O. A., Magnus, P., Njølstad, P. R., Bekkhus, M., & Fearon, P. (In Press). 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). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
- De Wit, M. M., Morgan, M. M., Libedinsky, I., Austerberry, C., Begeer, S., Abdellaoui, A., Ronald, A., & Polderman, T. J. C. (2025). Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: Phenotypic Correlates of the Autism Polygenic Score. JAACAP Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaacop.2025.04.001
- 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
- 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, 167, 105825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105825.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Select awards
ESRC PhD Funding (£75,526), UCL, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership, 2018–2022.
Best Early Career Poster Award (£100), London Genetics Network Annual Meeting, 2020.
Further links
Department of Psychology page: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/chloe-austerberry
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=niYlATMAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chloe-Austerberry
