Dr. Lindau and the laboratory staff

Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, FACOG:
is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Ob/Gyn and Medicine – Geriatrics and the University of Chicago Cancer Research Center. She is Core Faculty in the MacLean Center on Clinical Medical Ethics and an Associate of the Department of Health Studies. Her research aims to decipher biological mechanisms through which social processes and relationships affect health and illness (e.g. HIV, cancer risk and cancer survivorship) throughout the female lifecourse. In addition, her work addresses policy and educational issues of relevance to women’s health. She is Co-Principal Investigator of the National Social Life, Health and Aging Project, the nation’s first study of social relationships, sexuality and health at older ages and is Director of the University of Chicago Center on Aging Core on Biomarkers in Population-Based Health and Aging Research. Dr. Lindau’s focus is to advance knowledge about and advocacy for the health of aging women, particularly as women transition to and grow in the post-reproductive phase of their lives.
Current work includes:

Population Studies
The National Social Life, Health and Aging Project
HIV-Infected Mothers on the Margin
Older Women’s Attitudes, Behavior and Communication about Sex and HIV: A Community-Based Study
Study of Midlife Health Across the United States (MIDUS)

Clinical Studies
Sexuality and Intimacy Among Couples Affected by Lung Cancer
Women’s Health and Literacy

Cancer Registry Studies
Sexuality Among Very Long-Term Survivors of Genital Tract Cancer

Policy Research
Over the last several years, sex education in public schools has been heavily influenced by federal government incentivation of abstinence-only curricula. This research aims to inform physicians and other health care providers about the quality and content of school-based sex education.

Ethics Research
This research focuses on bioethical aspects of reproductive and sexual health care delivery including medical student training in these areas.

Principal Investigator
Stacy Tessler Lindau, MD, MAPP, FACOG
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Lab Members

Theresa Chapple
Natalia Gavrilova
Ada Gomero
Andi Mihai
Stacy Sandbo
Thuy Tran
Jessica Schwartz

In the News
"Use of prescription and Over-the-counter Medications and Dietary Supplements Among Older Adults in the United States" Qato DM, Alexander GC, Conti RM, Johnson M, Schumm P, Lindau ST was published in
the Dec. 24/31 2008 issue of JAMA and has received considerable local and national attention.
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"What Schools Teach our Patients about Sex: Content, Quality, and Influences on Sex Education". Lindau ST, Tetteh AS, Kasza K, Gilliam M This study of sex education in Illinous public schools, published in the Feb 1 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology was covered in both the local and national press
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"A Study of Sexuality and Health among Older Adults in the United States", Stacy Tessler Lindau, M.D., M.A.P.P., L. Philip Schumm, M.A., et al, was published in the August 23, 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine
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