Lindau Lab

Our mission: Lindau Lab studies the ways in which social and sexual factors drive health and healthcare as well as the effects of iatrogenesis on social and sexual function. The lab aims to improve socio-sexual function by developing and testing interventions within the healthcare setting. We are an interdisciplinary, collaborative laboratory performing human-level observational, interventional, and health services research motivated by a fundamental concern for the principle of justice in health and health care. The lab, funded predominantly by agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for more than 15 years, employs about 20 full and part-time researchers and staff across disciplines including epidemiology, gerontology, anthropology, public health, oncology, and data science. The lab routinely collaborates across disciplines, departments, and with investigators at other institutions including experts in the fields of computer science, geriatrics, oncology, public health, social services administration, psychology, neuroscience, materials science, engineering and other medical and social science fields.