Audrey Tluczek, PhD, RN

Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: (608) 263-6111
E-mail: atluczek@wisc.edu
Support Staff: Jackie O'Brien
Office Address:

K6/346 CSC
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53792-2455

Education:

Description of Research Focus:

Dr. Audrey Tluczek’s program of research blends her experience as an advanced practice nurse working with families who have children with chronic health problems, such as cystic fibrosis, and her expertise as a psychologist addressing the mental health needs of infants, young children, and their families. Specifically, her current NICHD-funded protocol examines how the application of genetic technology to newborn screening affects parents, their infants, and the quality of parent-infant relationships. Dr. Tluczek is interested in understanding the interactions of the multiple contexts of childhood chronic illness including child development, family dynamics, and socio-cultural milieus.  Her work aims to develop family-centered interventions at specific junctures in trajectories of these
contexts to optimize outcomes for children and their families.

Teaching/Course Responsibilities:
(excluding independent study courses)

Representative Publications:

*Dillard, J. P., Shen, L., Tluczek, A., & Modaff, P. (2007). The effect of disruptions during counseling on recall of genetic risk information: The case of cystic fibrosis. Journal of Genetics Counseling,16(2), 179-90.

*Tluczek, A., Koscik, R. L., Modaff, P., Pfeil, D., Rock, M. J., Farrell, P. M., Lifchez, C., Freeman, M.E., Gershan, W., Zaleski, C., & Sullivan, B. (2006). Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: Parents’ preferences regarding counseling at the time of infants’ sweat test. Journal of Genetic Counseling, 15(4), 277-91.

*Tluczek, A., Clark, R., Koscik, R. L., & Farrell, P. M. (2005). Mother-infant relationships in the context of neonatal CF diagnosis: Preliminary findings. Pediatric Pulmonology, 28 Supplement, 179-180.

*Tluczek, A., Koscik, R. L., Farrell, P. M., & Rock, M. J. (2005). Psychosocial risk associated with newborn screening for cystic fibrosis: Parents’ experience while awaiting the sweat test appointment. Pediatrics, 115(6), 1692-1704.

*Dillard, J. P., & Tluczek, A. (2005). Information flow before and after a positive newborn screening for cystic fibrosis. Journal of Pediatrics, 147(3) Supplement 1, S94 – S97

* Peer reviewed Journals

    Abstract
Tluczek, A. (2007). Psychosocial case study: Infant diagnosed with CF through newborn screening. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 6 Supplement 1, S80.