Overview
Dr. Wood’s research focuses on interventions to prevent obesity during early childhood. His approaches include behavior change strategies, clinical risk prediction tools, and electronic health record clinical decision support. He examines the interactions between appetitive behaviors, feeding strategies, and childhood adiposity to develop pragmatic interventions in the primary care setting. Dr. Wood is involved in teaching and clinical care in the primary care and inpatient newborn settings. He maintains broad engagement in both observational and interventional research relevant to the practice of evidence-based pediatric primary care.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
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2025 - Present
Pediatrics, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health,
Pediatrics
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
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2022 - Present
Duke Cancer Institute,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Nutrition and obesity in under-represented population (NOURISH): study protocol to examine the effect of restricted and unrestricted financial benefits on infant food insecurity, growth, and nutrition.
Journal Article BMC Pediatr · January 10, 2026 Full text Link to item CiteParent-Reported Measures of Weight-Related Health Behaviors in Early Childhood: A Scoping Review.
Journal Article Child Obes · December 2025 Background: Pediatricians support families in establishing healthy behaviors, yet there is limited information on valid and pragmatic questionnaires for assessing weight-related health behaviors in early childhood (≤24 months). The objective of this review ... Full text Link to item CiteNeighborhood Environmental and Contextual Factors Improve Prediction of Childhood Body Mass Index: An Application of Novel Graph Neural Networks.
Journal Article AJE Adv · September 24, 2025 Childhood obesity is a major risk factor for adult cardiovascular disease. Current obesity-prediction models were not developed in diverse populations and do not include heterogeneous social, environmental, and climate factors that may impact body mass ind ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Evaluating EHR-based Prediction of Obesity using WHO Weight Velocity Standards and Peak BMI
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · 2025 - 2027POWER: Predicting Obesity with Enhanced EHR Resources
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2022 - 2027Implementation of Decision Support for the Management of Obesity in a National Pediatric Primary Care Research Network
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Yale University · 2020 - 2027View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2015
M.P.H.
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Medical School ·
2009
M.D.