Stacie Geller, PhD

Director, Center for Research on Women and Gender

G William Arends Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology
Center for Research on Women and Gender

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Email:

sgeller@uic.edu

Related Sites:

Pubmed

About

Dr. Stacie Geller is the G William Arends Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Director of the Center for Research on Women and Gender in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is a local, national, and international leader in addressing maternal health for over 25 years. She has extensive experience working in maternal health focused on factors associated with maternal morbidity and mortality and has developed an innovative model for early identification of high-risk pregnant women. Using this model, Dr. Geller has done extensive work in IL to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality. Her work has been adopted by the CDC and ACOG and recommended as a best practice for in-depth hospital review across the U.S. Dr. Geller has worked with IDPH to develop the Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity review processes and committees. She is a founding member of both of the state’s MMRCs and co-chairs the SMM review committee. Dr. Geller is involved in a number of policy and program initiatives to improve maternal health care. Some of this work is focused on housing insecurity during pregnancy and postpartum. Currently, Dr. Geller is the Co-PI of a PCORI grant to address racial disparities in prenatal and postpartum care for Black women in Chicago. She is currently engaged in working with Emergency Departments in Illinois to improve their care of pregnant and postpartum patients.

Selected Grants

Health Services Research Council, Innovations to Improve Maternal Outcomes in Illinois, Co-Principal Investigator

New Zealand Health Research Council, Te Tai Tokerau, Co-Investigator

New Zealand Health Research Council, He Tapu Te Whare Tangata- Empowering Rural Solutions, Co-Investigator

Illinois Department of Public Health, Screening and Treatment for Maternal Depression and Related Behavioral Conditions, Co-Principal Investigator

Illinois Department of Public Health, Illinois Severe Maternal Morbidity Review, Principal Investigator

New Zealand Health Research Council, Whanau Manaaki: Program Grant to Reduce Maori Maternal and Neonatal Morbidity in New Zealand, Co-Principal Investigator

New Zealand Health Research Council, Implementing an HPV Screening Program to Reduce Cervical Cancer for Maori women in New Zealand, Co-Principal Investigator

Selected Publications

Cara Jane Bergo, Arden Handler, Stacie Geller, William A. Grobman, Saria Awadalla, Kristin Rankin. Interpregnancy Interval and Severe Maternal Morbidity in Iowa, 2009-2014. J Womens Health 2021. In press.

MacDonald EJ, Geller SE, Sibanda N, Stevenson K, Denmead L, Adcock A, Cram F, Hibma M, Sykes P, Lawton B. Reaching Under-screened/Never-screened Indigenous Peoples with HPV self-testing: a community-based Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2021 Feb;61(1):135-141.

Geller SE, Garland CE, Horne AA. Statewide Severe Maternal Morbidity Review in Illinois. Obstet Gyecol. 2021 Feb;61(1):135-141.

Lawton B, Storey F, Edmonds L, Bennett M, Lambert C, Geller S, McMenamin J, Stone P, Adcock A, Bennett P, MacDonald EJ, Dallas-Katoa W, Hermens J, McNally T. Covid-19: an urgent threat and an opportunity for Indigenous and minority groups in high-income countries. BMJ Opinion Blog. December 10, 2020.

Lawton B, Filoche S, MacDonald EJ, Stanley J, Meeks M, Stone P, Storey F, Geller S. Examining adverse fetal/neonatal outcomes associated with severe maternal morbidity. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. Epub ahead of print April 21, 2020.

Maki PM, Wu M, Rubin LH, Fornelli D, Drogos LL, Geller S, Schulman LP, Banuvar S, Little DM, Conant RJ. Hot Flashes are Associated with Altered Brain Function during a Memory Task. Menopause. 2020 Mar;27(3):269-277.

Adcock A, Storey F, Lawton B, Bennett M, Lamber C, Edmonds L, Stevenson K, Geller S, Cram F. He Korowai Manaaki: Mapping Assets to Inform a Strengths-Based Indigenous-Led Wrap-Around Maternity Pathway. Aust J Prim Health. 2019 Nov;25(5):509-514.

Zimmermann K, Carnahan LR, Khare MM, Chakraborty A, Risser H, Molina Y, and Geller S. Effectiveness of a Faith-placed Cardiovascular Health Promotion Intervention for Rural Adults. J Health Dispar Res Pract. 2019;12(6):8.

MacDonald EJ, Lepine S, Pledger M, Geller S, Lawton B. Stone P. Pre-eclampsia causing severe maternal morbidity – a national retrospective review of preventability and opportunities for improved care. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2019;59(6):825–830.