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Christopher Wildrick Woods

Wolfgang Joklik Distinguished Professor of Global Health
Medicine, Infectious Diseases
310 Trent Drive, Duke Box #90519, Durham, NC 27708

Overview


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

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Wolfgang Joklik Distinguished Professor of Global Health · 2023 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Professor of Medicine · 2014 - Present Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Medicine
Associate Director of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine · 2014 - Present The Precision Medicine Program, Medicine
Research Professor of Global Health · 2011 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Professor in Pathology · 2014 - Present Pathology, Clinical Science Departments
Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute · 2023 - Present Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Institutes and Centers

In the News


Published March 29, 2024
Center for Precision Health Welcomes New Faculty Leaders
Published September 18, 2023
Where Will the Next Pandemic Come From?
Published May 4, 2023
Duke Awards 44 Distinguished Professorships

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Recent Publications


Mass Spectrometry-Based Quantification of Proteins and Post-Translational Modifications in Dried Blood: Longitudinal Sampling of Patients With Sepsis in Tanzania.

Journal Article Proteomics · December 3, 2025 The proteomic analysis of blood is routine for disease phenotyping and biomarker development. Blood is commonly separated into soluble and cellular fractions. However, this can introduce pre-analytical variability, and analysis of a single component (which ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diverse respiratory viruses detected among hospitalized patients with pneumonia in Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Journal Article IJID Reg · December 2025 OBJECTIVES: We conducted surveillance for novel respiratory viruses among patients hospitalized with pneumonia in Sri Lanka and Vietnam. METHODS: We enrolled patients from January 2020 to July 2022 at one major hospital each in Sri Lanka and Vietnam. The p ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adapting a commercial sample extraction protocol for biosafety level 3/4 compatible plasma metabolomics analysis.

Journal Article J Mass Spectrom Adv Clin Lab · December 2025 INTRODUCTION: Severe infections and sepsis significantly impact military operational readiness and costs through loss of duty days, high treatment rates, and medical evacuations. Early diagnosis is critical for preventing sepsis progression and mortality, ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2030

Multiscale Modeling of Influenza Neutralizing Antibody and Fc Effector Biology

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2024 - 2029

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NIAID

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2018 - 2029

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 1994 M.D.