Infectious Diseases

Christopher Wildrick Woods, MD

Professor of Medicine
Associate Director of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine
Research Professor of Global Health
Professor in Pathology
Campus mail 310 Trent Drive, Duke Box #90519, Durham, NC 27708
Phone (919) 668-7174
Email address chris.woods@duke.edu

1. Emerging Infections
2. Global Health
3. Epidemiology of infectious diseases
4. Clinical microbiology and diagnostics
5. Bioterrorism Preparedness
6. Surveillance for communicable diseases
7. Antimicrobial resistance

Education and Training

  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University, 2001 - 2002
  • Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Medicine, Duke University, 1999 - 2000
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University, 1994 - 1997
  • M.D., Duke University, 1994

Grants

Publications

Temple, Dorota S., Meghan Hegarty-Craver, Robert D. Furberg, Edward A. Preble, Emma Bergstrom, Zoe Gardener, Peter Dayananda, et al. “Wearable sensor-based detection of influenza in presymptomatic and asymptomatic individuals.” J Infect Dis, June 27, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiac262.

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35759279
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Jacobs, Jana L., William Bain, Asma Naqvi, Brittany Staines, Priscila M. S. Castanha, Haopu Yang, Valerie F. Boltz, et al. “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Viremia Is Associated With Coronavirus Disease 2019 Severity and Predicts Clinical Outcomes.” Clinical Infectious Diseases : An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 74, no. 9 (May 2022): 1525–33. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab686.

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34374761
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Cho, Peter Jaeho, Jaehan Yi, Ethan Ho, Md Mobashir Hasan Shandhi, Yen Dinh, Aneesh Patil, Leatrice Martin, et al. “Demographic Imbalances Resulting From the Bring-Your-Own-Device Study Design.” Jmir Mhealth Uhealth 10, no. 4 (April 8, 2022): e29510. https://doi.org/10.2196/29510.

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34913871
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Bodkin, Nicholas, Melissa Ross, Micah T. McClain, Emily R. Ko, Christopher W. Woods, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Ricardo Henao, and Ephraim L. Tsalik. “Systematic comparison of published host gene expression signatures for bacterial/viral discrimination.” Genome Med 14, no. 1 (February 21, 2022): 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-022-01025-x.

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35184750
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Muro, Florida J., Furaha S. Lyamuya, Charles Kwobah, John Bollinger, Champica K. Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, Bhagya Piyasiri, et al. “Opportunities for Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship: Findings From a Prospective, Multi-Center Study in Three Low- or Middle-Income Countries.” Front Public Health 10 (2022): 848802. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.848802.

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35548085
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Ciccone, Emily J., Donaldson F. Conserve, Gaurav Dave, Christoph P. Hornik, Marlena L. Kuhn, Jessica L. Herling, Michelle Song, et al. “At-home testing to mitigate community transmission of SARS-CoV-2: protocol for a public health intervention with a nested prospective cohort study.” Bmc Public Health 21, no. 1 (December 4, 2021): 2209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12007-w.

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34863144
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Heggestad, Jacob T., Rhett J. Britton, David S. Kinnamon, Simone A. Wall, Daniel Y. Joh, Angus M. Hucknall, Lyra B. Olson, et al. “Rapid test to assess the escape of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern.” Sci Adv 7, no. 49 (December 3, 2021): eabl7682. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl7682.

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34860546
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Jaffe, Ian S., Anja K. Jaehne, Eugenia Quackenbush, Emily R. Ko, Emanuel P. Rivers, Micah T. McClain, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Christopher W. Woods, and Ephraim L. Tsalik. “Comparing the Diagnostic Accuracy of Clinician Judgment to a Novel Host Response Diagnostic for Acute Respiratory Illness.” Open Forum Infect Dis 8, no. 12 (December 2021): ofab564. https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofab564.

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34888402
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Bodinayake, Champica K., Ajith DeS Nagahawatte, Vasantha Devasiri, Niroshana J. Dahanayake, Gaya B. Wijayaratne, Nayani P. Weerasinghe, Madureka Premamali, et al. “Outcomes among children and adults at risk of severe dengue in Sri Lanka: Opportunity for outpatient case management in countries with high disease burden.” Plos Negl Trop Dis 15, no. 12 (December 2021): e0010091. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010091.

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34962920
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Hurst, Jillian H., Sarah M. Heston, Hailey N. Chambers, Hannah M. Cunningham, Meghan J. Price, Lilianna Suarez, Carter G. Crew, et al. “Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infections Among Children in the Biospecimens from Respiratory Virus-Exposed Kids (BRAVE Kids) Study.” Clin Infect Dis 73, no. 9 (November 2, 2021): e2875–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa1693.

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33141180
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