Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, Catherine Lindsay Dobson Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine), Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Lindau is the founder and director of the Program in Integrative Sexual Medicine (PRISM), an interdisciplinary clinic to address sexual function for women and girls with cancer and Feed1st – a fully self-serve pantry founded in 2010 that delivers more than 50 thousand pounds of food and hygiene items to more than 15 thousand people annually at the University of Chicago's Hyde Park medical center.
Dr. Lindau’s research examines mechanisms through which social and sexual conditions relate to health across the life course, including the effects of iatrogenesis on social and sexual functioning. Her CommunityRx program of social care research studies how and why connecting people to health-promoting community-based resources drives health. Dr. Lindau also leads the National Cancer Institute-funded Bionic Breast Project, a paradigm-shifting effort to preserve sensation and mitigate pain following mastectomy using a neuroprosthesis approach.
Several of her discoveries have advanced from research lab to real life: NowPow, LLC (acquired in 2021 by Unite USA, Inc.), MAPSCorps, 501c3 (joined Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy in 2023) and the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer, 501c3 (inaugural chairperson). She is founder and chief innovation officer of STEAMe, LLC, a social impact company that convenes and facilitates effective community-wide workforce development initiatives especially for healthcare and other dynamic and fast-growing science and engineering-based sectors.
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
Low-Intensity Social Care and Child Acute Health Care Utilization: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Low-Intensity Social Care and Child Acute Health Care Utilization: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 Jun 01; 179(6):610-620.
PMID: 40293738
The Grief Navigation Trial: A multi-site pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial of two interventions to support parents after their child's unexpected or traumatic death.
The Grief Navigation Trial: A multi-site pragmatic comparative effectiveness trial of two interventions to support parents after their child's unexpected or traumatic death. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Aug; 155:107962.
PMID: 40436312
Community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in Chicago (CIRCL-Chicago): protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a parallel cluster-randomized trial design.
Community intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease in Chicago (CIRCL-Chicago): protocol for a type 3 hybrid effectiveness-implementation study using a parallel cluster-randomized trial design. Implement Sci. 2025 05 05; 20(1):19.
PMID: 40325453
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14543.
PMID: 40189345
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14529.
PMID: 40189316
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14546.
PMID: 40189318
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14590.
PMID: 40189353
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14485.
PMID: 40189302
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14589.
PMID: 40189349
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care.
SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting: Advancing the Science of Social Care. Health Serv Res. 2025 Apr; 60 Suppl 1:e14495.
PMID: 40189306
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