Dr Rosie Holt
Research Associate
Rosie is the Cambridge coordinator for AIMS-2-TRIALS. This project aims to bring together researchers, charities and companies across Europe to improve our understanding of autism and develop new therapies. She is also coordinator of several ARC projects: (1) The Cambridge Prenatal Hormones Study, investigating the influence of prenatal sex steroid hormones such as testosterone on later brain function, structure, and behaviour. (2) The CHILD Study (Cambridge Human Imaging Longitudinal Development), investigating prenatal and neonatal brain imaging and its predictors into toddlerhood. (3) The CUSP Study (Cambridge Ultrasound Project), using ultrasound during pregnancy to identify differences in children later diagnosed as autistic.
Rosie completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of Wales, Bangor. She was previously a Research Assistant on the MRC Cambridge Family Study of Autism, where she completed her PhD investigating cognitive and neural endophenotypes in autistic adolescents and their siblings.
Selected Publications
- A qualitative exploration of autistic mothers’ experiences II: Childbirth and postnatal experiences, Autism (2021), S Hampton, J Man, C Allison, E Aydin, S Baron-Cohen, R Holt
- Maternal steroid levels and the autistic traits of the mother and infant, Molecular Autism (2021), A Tsompanidis, E Aydin, E Padaigaite, G Richards, C Allison, G Hackett, T Austin, R Holt, S Baron-Cohen
- Is there an association between prenatal testosterone and autistic traits in adolescents?, Psychoneuroendocrinology (2021), N Dooley, A Ruigrok, R Holt, C Allison, A Tsompanidis, J Waldman, B Auyeung, M V Lombardo, S Baron-Cohen
- Autism and Family Involvement in the Right to Education in the EU: Policy Mapping in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, Molecular Autism 10, 43 (2019), R Van Kessel, A Roman-Urrestarazu, A Ruigrok, R Holt, M Commers, R Hoekstra, K Czabanowska, C Brayne, S Baron-Cohen
- Autism and the Right to Education in the EU: Policy Mapping and Scoping Review of Nordic Countries Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, Molecular Autism 10, 44 (2019), R Van Kessel, S Walsh, A N Ruigrok, R Holt, A Yliherva, E Kärnä, I Moilanen, E Hjörne, S T Johansson, D Schendel, L Pedersen