I am a nurse scientist and my research focuses on reproductive health, menstrual cycle physiology, and the integration of self-tracked hormonal data into clinical and research settings.

My natural family planning (NFP) journey began during my doctoral training at Marquette University, where I was first introduced to the Marquette Method. Captivated by its scientific foundation and practical application, my husband and I have successfully used the Marquette Method to support our family planning since 2019.

Motivated by my own experience and my passion for empowering women and couples, I became a certified Marquette Method instructor. I am committed to helping others gain knowledge of their menstrual cycles and fertility, and to fostering confidence in using that information for family planning and overall health management.

As both a researcher and instructor, I strive to bridge science and lived experience—integrating real-world needs into my ongoing research on biomarkers of menstrual health and the clinical utility of self-tracked reproductive data.

Specializations

• Regular cycles
• Postpartum & breastfeeding
• PCOS
• Coming off birth control
• Perimenopause
• Irregular cycles

Fertility Monitors

• All Marquette Method Clearblue Monitor protocols, including the regular cycles protocols and breastfeeding protocol
• Marquette Method provisional Mira Monitor protocols for all stages of fertility

Publications

Stujenske, T.; Mu, Q.; Bouchard, T. (2023). Survey analysis of quantitative and qualitative menstrual cycle tracking technologies. Medicina, 59(9), 1509.

Meydan, C., Afshinnekoo, E., Rickard, N., Daniels, G., Kunces, L., Hardy, T., Lili, L., Pesce, S., Jacobson, P., Mason, C. E., Dudley, J., & Zhang, B. (2020). Improved gastrointestinal health for irritable bowel syndrome with metagenome-guided interventions. Precision clinical medicine, 3(2), 136–146.

Hardy, T.; Barcelona de Mendoza, V.; Sun, Y.; Taylor, J. (2019). Genomics of Reproductive Traits and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk in African American Women. Nursing Research.

Urteaga, I.; Bertin, T.; Hardy, T; Albers, D.J.; Elhadad, N. (2019). Multi-Task Gaussian Process and Dilated Convolutional Networks for Reconstruction of Reproductive Hormonal Dynamics. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 106, 1-22.

Li, C.; Wang, Z.; Hardy, T.; Huang, Y.; Hui, Q.; Crusto, C.A.; Wright, M.L.; Taylor, J.Y.; Sun, Y.V. (2019). Association of Obesity with DNA Methylation Age Acceleration in African American Mothers from the InterGEN Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20, 4273.

Woda, A., Hansen, J., Dreifuerst, K. T., Anderson, P., Hardy, T., & Garnier-Villarreal, M. (2019). The Impact of Simulation on Knowledge and Performance Gain Regarding Diabetic Patient Care. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 34, 16–21.

Hardy, T.; Garnier-Villarreal, M.; Ohlendorf, J.; McCarthy, D.O. (2019). Chronic Stress and Ovarian Function in Female Cancer Survivors. Oncology Nursing Forum.