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
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health-Related Socioeconomic Risks During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Women.
Vu M, Makelarski JA, Winslow VA, Christmas MM, Haider S, Lee NK, Pinkerton EA, Wroblewski KE, Lindau ST. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health-Related Socioeconomic Risks During the Early COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 10; 30(10):1375-1385.
PMID: 34529520
Domestic Violence Police Reporting and Resources During the 2020 COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order in Chicago, Illinois.
Baidoo L, Zakrison TL, Feldmeth G, Lindau ST, Tung EL. Domestic Violence Police Reporting and Resources During the 2020 COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Order in Chicago, Illinois. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01; 4(9):e2122260.
PMID: 34473260
COVID-19-Related Food Insecurity Among Households with Dietary Restrictions: A National Survey.
Guillaume JD, Jagai JS, Makelarski JA, Abramsohn EM, Lindau ST, Verma R, Ciaccio CE. COVID-19-Related Food Insecurity Among Households with Dietary Restrictions: A National Survey. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021 09; 9(9):3323-3330.e3.
PMID: 34174493
Screening for Interpersonal Violence: Missed Opportunities and Potential Harms.
De Marchis EH, McCaw B, Fleegler EW, Cohen AJ, Lindau ST, Huebschmann AG, Tung EL, Hessler DM, Gottlieb LM. Screening for Interpersonal Violence: Missed Opportunities and Potential Harms. Am J Prev Med. 2021 09; 61(3):439-444.
PMID: 34023161
Understanding Regional Variation in the Cost of Breast Cancer Screening Among Privately Insured Women in the United States.
Kunst N, Long JB, Xu X, Busch SH, Kyanko KA, Lindau ST, Richman IB, Gross CP. Understanding Regional Variation in the Cost of Breast Cancer Screening Among Privately Insured Women in the United States. Med Care. 2021 05 01; 59(5):437-443.
PMID: 33560712
CommunityRx: Optimizing a Community Resource Referral Intervention for Minority Dementia Caregivers.
Abramsohn EM, Paradise KM, Glover CM, Benjamins M, Douglas L, Jerome J, Kim ML, Kostas T, Mata D, Padron F, Shah RC, Lindau ST. CommunityRx: Optimizing a Community Resource Referral Intervention for Minority Dementia Caregivers. J Appl Gerontol. 2021 Apr 09; 7334648211005594.
PMID: 33834890
Change in Health-Related Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Mental Health During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Women.
Lindau ST, Makelarski JA, Boyd K, Doyle KE, Haider S, Kumar S, Lee NK, Pinkerton E, Tobin M, Vu M, Wroblewski KE, Lengyel E. Change in Health-Related Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Mental Health During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of U.S. Women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 04; 30(4):502-513.
PMID: 33818123
Patient Experiences with Screening and Assistance for Social Isolation in Primary Care Settings.
Tung EL, De Marchis EH, Gottlieb LM, Lindau ST, Pantell MS. Patient Experiences with Screening and Assistance for Social Isolation in Primary Care Settings. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 07; 36(7):1951-1957.
PMID: 33532968
Access To Birth Control At Community Pharmacies: The Authors Reply.
Qato DM, Alexander GC, Lindau ST. Access To Birth Control At Community Pharmacies: The Authors Reply. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 01; 40(1):178.
PMID: 33400582
Implementation of Community-Based Resource Referrals for Cardiovascular Disease Self-Management.
Abramsohn E, DePumpo M, Boyd K, Brown T, Garrett MF, Kho A, Navalkha C, Paradise K, Lindau ST. Implementation of Community-Based Resource Referrals for Cardiovascular Disease Self-Management. Ann Fam Med. 2020 11; 18(6):486-495.
PMID: 33168676
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