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
A Framework for Cross-Sector Partnerships to Address Childhood Adversity and Improve Life Course Health.
Liu PY, Beck AF, Lindau ST, Holguin M, Kahn RS, Fleegler E, Henize AW, Halfon N, Schickedanz A. A Framework for Cross-Sector Partnerships to Address Childhood Adversity and Improve Life Course Health. Pediatrics. 2022 05 01; 149(Suppl 5).
PMID: 35503315
Health-related socioeconomic risk screening in outpatient obstetrics and gynecology practice.
Pinkerton EA, Vu M, Lindau ST. Health-related socioeconomic risk screening in outpatient obstetrics and gynecology practice. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2022 08; 227(2):341-343.
PMID: 35378099
Why Add "Abolition" to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Social Care Framework?
Gottlieb LM, Lindau ST, Peek ME. Why Add "Abolition" to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Social Care Framework? AMA J Ethics. 2022 03 01; 24(3):E170-180.
PMID: 35325517
Toward a better measure of midlife sexual function: pooled analyses in nearly 1,000 women participating in MsFLASH randomized trials.
Reed SD, Carpenter JS, Larson J, Mitchell CM, Shifren J, Heiman J, Woods NF, Lindau ST, LaCroix AZ, Guthrie KA. Toward a better measure of midlife sexual function: pooled analyses in nearly 1,000 women participating in MsFLASH randomized trials. Menopause. 2022 01 31; 29(4):397-407.
PMID: 35102098
Implementation of a multi-level community-clinical linkage intervention to improve glycemic control among south Asian patients with uncontrolled diabetes: study protocol of the DREAM initiative.
Lim S, Wyatt LC, Mammen S, Zanowiak JM, Mohaimin S, Troxel AB, Lindau ST, Gold HT, Shelley D, Trinh-Shevrin C, Islam NS. Implementation of a multi-level community-clinical linkage intervention to improve glycemic control among south Asian patients with uncontrolled diabetes: study protocol of the DREAM initiative. BMC Endocr Disord. 2021 Nov 23; 21(1):233.
PMID: 34814899
Building and experimenting with an agent-based model to study the population-level impact of CommunityRx, a clinic-based community resource referral intervention.
Lindau ST, Makelarski JA, Kaligotla C, Abramsohn EM, Beiser DG, Chou C, Collier N, Huang ES, Macal CM, Ozik J, Tung EL. Building and experimenting with an agent-based model to study the population-level impact of CommunityRx, a clinic-based community resource referral intervention. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 10; 17(10):e1009471.
PMID: 34695116
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
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