Sean R. Womack

LIFE Fellow from 2018 to 2022, University of Virginia

PhD

Dissertation completed in 2022

Genetic and Environmental Correlates of Physical and Development in Twins: A Prospective Study of Recovery from Early Bio-Environmental Adversity

(Advisor: Eric Turkheimer)

Selected Publications

Womack, S. R., Beam, C. R., Giangrande, E. J., Tong, X., Scharf, R. J., Finkel, D., Davis, D. W., & Turkheimer, E. (2024). Co-recovery of physical size and cognitive ability from infancy to adolescence: A twin study. Child Development, 95(4), 1367–1383. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14079

Womack, S. R., Beam, C. R., Davis, D. W., Finkel, D., & Turkheimer, E. (2022). Genetic and environmental correlates of the nonlinear recovery of cognitive ability in twins. Developmental Psychology, 58(3), 535–550. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001305

Womack, S. R., Clifford, S., Wilson, M. N., Shaw, D. S., & Lemery-Chalfant, K. (2021). Genetic moderation of the association between early family instability and trajectories of aggressive behaviors from middle childhood to adolescence. Behavior Genetics, 51, 476–491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-021-10069-5