Stacy Tessler Lindau is a tenured professor and practicing physician at the University of Chicago. Her work and interdisciplinary lab focus on engineering solutions to injustice with the patients and communities they serve. She is also the founder and chief innovation officer of NowPow, LLC, a mission-driven IT company, and president of MAPSCorps, a community asset mapping organization. Catalyzed by a 2012-2015 Health Care Innovation Award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, these organizations close the information gap about vital community resources while creating meaningful jobs, especially for youth. A practicing gynecologist, Stacy leads the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine at the University of Chicago Medicine, which seeks to preserve sexual function in women affected by cancer. She is director of WomanLab, a virtual platform to promote preservation and recovery of female sexual function after cancer and across the life span and she was founding chair of the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer. Stacy was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the University of Chicago (’02) and served the program’s National Advisory Committee. She is a Fellow of the second class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
University of Chicago Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program
Fellow
2002
University of Chicago Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies
Chicago, IL
MAPP - Irving B. Harris Fellowship
2002
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Chief Administrative Resident - Obstetrics and Gynecology
2000
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Resident - Obstetrics and Gynecology
1999
Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
M.D. with Highest Honors - Medicine
1996
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Bryn Mawr, PA - Premedical Study
1992
University of Michigan Honors College
Ann Arbor, MI
B.A. - Political Science and Secondary Education
1990
Interventions addressing health-related social needs among patients with cancer.
Interventions addressing health-related social needs among patients with cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2024 Apr 05; 116(4):497-505.
PMID: 38175791
Associations of Adolescent School Social Networks, Gender Norms, and Adolescent-to-Young Adult Changes in Male Gender Expression With Young Adult Substance Use.
Associations of Adolescent School Social Networks, Gender Norms, and Adolescent-to-Young Adult Changes in Male Gender Expression With Young Adult Substance Use. J Adolesc Health. 2024 Apr; 74(4):755-763.
PMID: 38206221
Importance of Breast Sensation After Mastectomy: Evidence from Three Sources.
Importance of Breast Sensation After Mastectomy: Evidence from Three Sources. Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle). 2023; 4(1):594-602.
PMID: 38099078
Effect of a Social Care Intervention on Health Care Experiences of Caregivers of Hospitalized Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Effect of a Social Care Intervention on Health Care Experiences of Caregivers of Hospitalized Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2023 12 01; 177(12):1266-1275.
PMID: 37902777
Mystery Shopper Study of State Medicaid Coverage for Out-of-State Abortion Care.
Mystery Shopper Study of State Medicaid Coverage for Out-of-State Abortion Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Nov 01; 6(11):e2343569.
PMID: 37966843
CommunityRx, a social care assistance intervention for family and friend caregivers delivered at the point of care: two concurrent blinded randomized controlled trials.
CommunityRx, a social care assistance intervention for family and friend caregivers delivered at the point of care: two concurrent blinded randomized controlled trials. Trials. 2023 Oct 21; 24(1):681.
PMID: 37864258
Childhood Parental Incarceration and Adult-Onset Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk.
Childhood Parental Incarceration and Adult-Onset Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Oct 01; 8(10):927-935.
PMID: 37647038
Screening for Financial Hardship: Comparing Patient Survey Responses Using Two Different Screening Tools.
Screening for Financial Hardship: Comparing Patient Survey Responses Using Two Different Screening Tools. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jan; 39(1):120-127.
PMID: 37770732
Social Risk and Smoking Among Women Smokers Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Mental Health.
Social Risk and Smoking Among Women Smokers Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Mental Health. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2023 09; 32(9):960-969.
PMID: 37379463
Breast sensorisexual function: a novel patient-reported outcome measure of sexual sensory functions of the breast.
Breast sensorisexual function: a novel patient-reported outcome measure of sexual sensory functions of the breast. J Sex Med. 2023 04 27; 20(5):671-683.
PMID: 36897194
Top 10 (of~1100) for NowPow
Accenture Global HealthTech Challenge
2019
Recipient on behalf of NowPow, Erie Family Health Center Health Innovation Award
Erie Family Health Center
2018
Health and Wellness Award
Greater Auburn Gresham Development Corporation
2018
Senior Faculty Scholar
Bucksbaum Institute for Clinical Excellence, University of Chicago
2018
Best Tech StartUp in Chicago for NowPow
Timmy Awards
2018
Recipient on behalf of NowPow,Chicago Innovation Up-and-Comer Award, Technology
Chicago Innovation
2017
Fellow
Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship and Member, Aspen Global Leadership Network
2016 - 2018
Inspirations in Medicine: The Physician/Patient Perspective Award
American Medical Association
2014
Vision and Impact Award
American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science, Midwest Region
2013
Fellow
Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program
2011 - 2012
Best Poster Award in Biology. Sex Hormones and Female Sexual Function in Later Life
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health
2009
Thomas W. McElin Lectureship
Department of Ob/Gyn, Evanston Hospital, NorthShore University HealthSystem
2007
Outstanding Excellence in Geriatric Research-All Categories
American Geriatrics Society
2007
New Investigator Award
American Geriatrics Society
2003
Chicago Lying-In Pin for Outstanding Medical Student Teaching
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
2003
Ralph Reis Research Award
Department of Ob/Gyn, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2000
Department of Ob/Gyn Chairman’s Award
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2000
Dr. Susan Perlman Award
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
2000
Outstanding Resident Teacher Award
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
2000
Parke Davis Scholarship
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
1998
Jack and Edna Saphier Prize
Alpert Medical School at Brown University
1996
Glaxo-Wellcome Achievement Award
American Medical Association
1996
Leah J. Dickstein MD Student Creativity and Leadership Award
Association of Women Psychiatrists
1996
Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation
Women in Medicine
1996
John A. Hartford Foundation Student Fellowship
Department of Geriatrics, Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
1993