Stacy Lindau, MD

Catherine Lindsay Dobson Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor of Medicine
Clinical Interests: Cancer Survivorship, Female Sexual Dysfunction, Female sexual function, Gynecologic Cancers, Integrated Womens Health, Medical Ethics
Research and Scholarly Interests: female sexual dysfunction, Health Information Technology, physician entrepreneurship, population health
Websites: WomanLab, Research Network Profile
Contact: slindau@bsd.uchicago.edu

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

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 May 26; 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 May 05; 20(1):19.
PMID: 40325453

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 Apr 28.
PMID: 40293738

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

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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