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

She, Xichen, Yaya Zhai, Ricardo Henao, Christopher W. Woods, Christopher Chiu, Geoffrey S. Ginsburg, Peter X. K. Song, and Alfred O. Hero. “Adaptive Multi-Channel Event Segmentation and Feature Extraction for Monitoring Health Outcomes.” Ieee Trans Biomed Eng 68, no. 8 (August 2021): 2377–88. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2020.3038652.

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Li, Dapeng, Robert J. Edwards, Kartik Manne, David R. Martinez, Alexandra Schäfer, S Munir Alam, Kevin Wiehe, et al. “In vitro and in vivo functions of SARS-CoV-2 infection-enhancing and neutralizing antibodies.” Cell, June 18, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.021.

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Saunders, Kevin O., Esther Lee, Robert Parks, David R. Martinez, Dapeng Li, Haiyan Chen, Robert J. Edwards, et al. “Neutralizing antibody vaccine for pandemic and pre-emergent coronaviruses.” Nature 594, no. 7864 (June 2021): 553–59. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03594-0.

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Heggestad, Jacob T., David S. Kinnamon, Lyra B. Olson, Jason Liu, Garrett Kelly, Simone A. Wall, Solomon Oshabaheebwa, et al. “Multiplexed, quantitative serological profiling of COVID-19 from blood by a point-of-care test.” Sci Adv 7, no. 26 (June 2021). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg4901.

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Wang, Liuyang, Thomas J. Balmat, Alejandro L. Antonia, Florica J. Constantine, Ricardo Henao, Thomas W. Burke, Andy Ingham, et al. “An atlas connecting shared genetic architecture of human diseases and molecular phenotypes provides insight into COVID-19 susceptibility.” Genome Med 13, no. 1 (May 17, 2021): 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00904-z.

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Meredith, Hannah R., Sarath Kularatna, Kristin Nagaro, Ajith Nagahawatte, Champica Bodinayake, Ruvini Kurukulasooriya, Nishadhi Wijesingha, et al. “Colonization with multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among infants: an observational study in southern Sri Lanka.” Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 10, no. 1 (April 30, 2021): 72. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00938-3.

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Rolfe, Robert, Charles Kwobah, Florida Muro, Anushka Ruwanpathirana, Furaha Lyamuya, Champica Bodinayake, Ajith Nagahawatte, et al. “Barriers to implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in three low- and middle-income country tertiary care settings: findings from a multi-site qualitative study.” Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 10, no. 1 (March 25, 2021): 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-021-00929-4.

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McClain, Micah T., Florica J. Constantine, Bradly P. Nicholson, Marshall Nichols, Thomas W. Burke, Ricardo Henao, Daphne C. Jones, et al. “A blood-based host gene expression assay for early detection of respiratory viral infection: an index-cluster prospective cohort study.” Lancet Infect Dis 21, no. 3 (March 2021): 396–404. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30486-2.

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McClain, Micah T., Florica J. Constantine, Ricardo Henao, Yiling Liu, Ephraim L. Tsalik, Thomas W. Burke, Julie M. Steinbrink, et al. “Dysregulated transcriptional responses to SARS-CoV-2 in the periphery.” Nat Commun 12, no. 1 (February 17, 2021): 1079. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21289-y.

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Strich, Jeffrey R., Emily Ricotta, Sarah Warner, Yi Ling Lai, Cumhur Y. Demirkale, Samuel F. Hohmann, Chanu Rhee, et al. “Pharmacoepidemiology of Ceftazidime-Avibactam Use: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 210 US Hospitals.” Clin Infect Dis 72, no. 4 (February 16, 2021): 611–21. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciaa061.

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