Jennifer Janusz, PsyD

Professional Titles

• Program Director, Neurofibromatosis Program

Research Interests

Publications

• Green, C., Janusz, J. Relationship between executive functioning skills and behavioral/emotional functioning in children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, June 2012, Seattle, WA.
• Boada, R., Janusz, J., Wilson, R., D’Epagnier, C., Cordiero, L., Tartaglia, N. Different executive control processes predict adaptive skill subdomains in Klinefelter syndrome. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, June 2012, Seattle, WA
• Wilson, R., Janusz, J., Boada, R., Howell, S., Frazier, J., Martin, S., Tartaglia, N. Clinical experience with the complex social behavioral phenotype of sex chromosome aneuploidy. Poster presentation accepted at the 15th Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotypes International Research Symposium, October 2012, Leuven, Belgium.
• Frazier, J., Janusz, J., Tartaglia, N., Pfeiffer, S., Easter, C., Cordeiro, L., Boada. R. Expansion of the language phenotype in XXY (Klinefelter syndrome). Poster presentation accepted at the 15th Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotypes International Research Symposium, October 2012, Leuven, Belgium.
• Boada, R., Frazier, J., Tartaglia, N., Janusz, J. Predictors of high level language skills in XXY (Klinefelter syndrome). Poster presentation accepted at the 15th Society for the Study of Behavioral Phenotypes International Research Symposium, October 2012, Leuven, Belgium.
• Walsh KS, Janusz J, Wolters PL, Martin S, REiNS International Collaboration (2016). Neurocognitive outcomes in neurofibromatosis clinical trials: recommendations in the domain of attention. Neurology, 16, S21-30.
• Walsh KS, Janusz J, Wolters PL. Behavioral and cognitive outcomes for clinical trials in children with neurofibromatosis type 1. Neurology, 10, 1859-50.
• Janusz J (2016). Considering family and environmental variables in treating NF1. Invited lecture to the annual meeting of the Children's Tumor Foundation, Austin, TX.
• Janusz J, Klein-Tasman BP, Payne JM, Wolters PL, Thompson HL, Martin S, de Blank P, Ullrich N, Del Castillo A, Hussey M, Hardy KK, Haebich K, Rosser T, Toledo-Tamula MA, Walsh KS; REiNS International Collaboration (2021). Recommendations for social skills endpoints for clinical trials in neurofibromatosis type 1. Neurology, 97, S73-80. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012422.
• Klein-Tasman BP, Lee K, Thompson HL, Janusz J, Payne JM, Pardej S, de Blank P, Kennedy T, Janke KM, Castillo AD, Walsh KS; REiNS International Collaboration (2021). Recommendations for measurement of attention outcomes in preschoolers with neurofibromatosis. Neurology, 97, S81-90. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012423.
• Thompson, T., Stinnett, N., Tartaglia, N., Davis, S. & Janusz, J. (in press). ’I wish the school had a better understanding of the diagnosis’: Parent perspectives on educational needs for students with sex chromosome aneuploidies. Journal of Special Education Needs.
• Thompson, T., Stinnett, N., Tartaglia, N., Davis, S. & Janusz, J. (2022). ’I wish the school had a better understanding of the diagnosis’: Parent perspectives on educational needs for students with sex chromosome aneuploidies. Journal of Special Education Needs. DOI: 10.1111/1471-3802.12558
• Thompson T, Davis S, Janusz J, Frith E, Pyle L, Howell S, Boada R, Wilson R, Tartaglia N. (2022). Supporting students with sex chromosome aneuploidies in educational settings: Results of a nationwide survey. Journal of School Psychology, 93, 28-40. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2022.06.002.
• Boada, C., Thompson, T., Wilson, R., the eXtraordinarY Babies Study Team, Ross, J., Tartaglia, N., Janusz, J. The eXtraordinarY Babies Study: Early adaptive skills profiles of infants and toddlers with prenatally identified sex chromosome trisomies. Poster presentation for the 3rd International Workshop on Klinefelter syndrome, Trisomy X, and XYY, September 2022, Leiden, Netherlands.
• Janusz, J., Walsh, K., Klein-Tasman, B. International collaboration to identify endpoints for clinical trials in NF1. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society February 2022, New Orleans, LA.

Professional Memberships

• International Neuropsychological Society, Member
• American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Member

Practice Locations

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

• Neuropsychology, Board Certification (2004)
• Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology, Board Certification (2004)
• Licensed Psychologist, State of Colorado, License (2006)

• Brain and Nervous System
• Child and Teen Health
• Mental Health and Behavior
• Genetic Conditions and Testing