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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

Selected Grants


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 Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2029

Identification of Host-Specific Determinants of APOL1-associated COVAN

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Clinical and host microbiome features in the development of acute otitis media

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Single Dose Texas 2017 (H3N2) Challenge Study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Darwin Biosciences · 2024 - 2027

Najit SBIR - Chikingunya Phase 1 Vaccine Study

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Najit Technologies, Inc. · 2024 - 2027

Genetic Contributors to the Impact of Sex on Heterogeneity in Flu Infection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2022 - 2027

CIVICs Component C -Option 13 Equitable Adj #2

ResearchProject Lead · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

EXHALE: Early Detection of Human Infection using VOCs on Breath

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Owlstone Medical Ltd · 2023 - 2026

EXHALE: Early Detection of Human Infection using VOCs on Breath

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Owlstone Medical Ltd · 2023 - 2026

HERO Program, HERO Registry, HERO-HCQ Trial

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2020 - 2025

CIVICS Component C - Option 5

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Sepsis Characterization in Kilimanjaro (R01)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2025

CIVICS Component C - Option 13A

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025

Digital Health Technologies for Infectious Disease Monitoring

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority · 2023 - 2025

RADx-UP CDCC

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Multiplex point-of-care test for diagnosis, prognosis and serology of COVID19

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2025

CIVICS Component C - Option 13A.2

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2025

Duke CTSA (TL1) Year 5

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Yellow Fever Vaccine Trial - U44 Clinical Trial with Najit

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Najit Technologies, Inc. · 2021 - 2024

Inflammatory and Metabolic Biomarkers in Cardiovascular Complications with SARS-CoV-2

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Mapping Epigenetic Memory of Exposure New To Observe (MEMENTO)

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2019 - 2024

Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID19 ¿ Adaptive Platform Trial (PROTECT-APT)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2020 - 2023

Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Units (VTEU)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2023

COVID Survivors Long Term Follow Up Study--WMD ECHO Detector

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · 2021 - 2023

VTEU TO #132 Base - Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Option 2.A

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Postdoctoral Training in Genomic Medicine Research

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2023

Prophylaxis and Treatment of COVID19 - Adaptive Platform Trial (PROTECT-APT)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Henry M. Jackson Foundation · 2020 - 2023

Duke RDS2 (Respondent-Driven Sampling, Respiratory Disease Surveillance) the SNOWBALL Sampling Study

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

VTEU 18-0010.B1C1.0120_Task C Option 1

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

ID NOW Clinical Evaluation

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abbott Disgnostic Scarborough, Inc. · 2020 - 2022

Clinical Vaccine Safety Evaluation - Contributing Site - Task COVID - Optional Task 3

ResearchSafety Coordinator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2020 - 2022

Resilience Prediction to RSV Infection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Sanofi US · 2018 - 2022

Early life B cell responses and inflammation following SARS-CoV-2 infection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2022

VTEU Task Order 13-0045.C1D1.0062 - Task C Option 1

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2022

Investigating Febrile Deaths in Tanzania (INDITe)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2021

IMR PSA - Tyffany Locklear Ensemble Study

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

IMR PSA - Deborah Murray Ensemble Study

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

VTEU Task Area C Option 1 Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2021

Clinical Evaluation of the ID NOW¿ 1.1 COVID-19 Assay

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abbott Rapid Diagnostics · 2020 - 2021

Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT)

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

Clinical Evaluation of the ID NOW COVID-19 Assay

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Abbott Disgnostic Scarborough, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Option 1

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

PASC Autopsy (NYU)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by New York University School of Medicine · 2021 - 2021

VTEU Task Area C Option 2-3 Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Human-Based Sensor System for Presymptomatic Biological Exposure Detection

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2019 - 2021

Rapid Differential Diagnosis of COVID-19 and Common Respiratory Infections

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Baebies, Inc · 2021 - 2021

IPA- Lawrence Park

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center · 2019 - 2021

IMR PSA: Deb Murray (CLOVER)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

Leidos - Virolens Rapid Antigen Test for the Detection of COVID-19

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Leidos · 2020 - 2021

Study of Prognostic Biomarkers of Severe Systemic Bacterial Infection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Genetech · 2016 - 2020

PREdicting contagion using Systems And GEnomic analysis (PRESAGE)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2017 - 2020

Acute Lower Respirator Tract with Lung Ultrasound

ResearchMentor · Awarded by Thrasher Research Fund · 2018 - 2020

VTEU Task D Protocol FY.2015.D1B1C1.0032

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2020

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2020.A1B1C1D1.0123 - Base

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2020

Novel host-based diagnostics of febrile illness in the warfighter

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Defense · 2016 - 2020

VTEU Task Area C Option 3 Protocol FY.2016.C1.0026

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2020

VTEU Task Area C Option 2-2 Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2020

IMR PSA: Sara Hoffman (SWITCH)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2019 - 2020

IMR PSA: Sara Hoffman (CLOVER)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2019 - 2019

IMR PSA: Mark Sprenz

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2019 - 2019

VTEU 18-0010.B1C1.0120_Task B Base

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2019

One Health Innovation Fellowships for Zoonotic Disease Research in Mongolia

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2019

IMR PSA: Sara Hoffman (CREATE)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2018 - 2019

VTEU RTOP FY.2019.A1B1C1D1.0103 - Task A - Base

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

IMR PSA: Mark Sprenz

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2018 - 2019

VTEU Task Area C Option 2-1 Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2019

Development and Application of Mathematical Methods for Tracking Biochronicity and Baseline Variation

ResearchClinical Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2016 - 2019

IMR PSA: Sara Hoffman (SWITCH)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Medical Research, Inc. · 2018 - 2019

VTEU Task Area C Option 3B Protocol FY.2016.C1.0026

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

VTEU FY.2018.A1B1C1D1.0077 Task Area A - Base

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2018

VTEU Task B Option 2 - FY.2017.A1B1C1D1.0048

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2018

Bloodborne tropical pathogen detection using multiple nanophotonic arrays

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2017

VTEU Task Area B Protocol 15-0020.B1C1.0040

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

VTEU Task Area B Option 2 Protocol FY.2016.B1.0026

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

D71 Planning Grant for Emerging Virus Research Training in Sierra Leone

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Molecular Pathogenesis and Genetic Diversification of Childhood Falciparum Malari

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2017

Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · 2016 - 2017

VTEU Task A Option 1 - FY.2017.A1B1C1D1.0048

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2017

VTEU Task A Base - FY.2017.A1B1C1D1.0048

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

VTEU Task Area B Option 2 Protocol FY.2016.B1.0026

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2017

Feasibility for Predicting Warfighter Health Using Transcriptional Markers on the MAP Platform

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Ibis Biosciences, Inc. · 2016 - 2016

TASK AREA A TASK ORDER FY.2016.A1.0041

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2015 - 2016

VTEU Task B Base Protocol 14-0079.B1C1.0028

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016

Baseline Bio-molecular Models to Predict Infectious Disease Susceptibility

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2015 - 2016

Option Three (3) of Contract No. 200-2012-53663, Task Order 0001

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2015 - 2016

VTEU Task Area A, Base Protocol FY.2016.A1.0026

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2016

Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center · 2014 - 2016

Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in a Community Hospital

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2016

Validation of the host transcription diagnostic for prediction of incipient respiratory viral infection

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · 2014 - 2016

Phase I CTU Task Area A: Administrative and Overal Clinical Operations Support and Concept Development

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015

VTEU Task Area A - FY.2015.A1.0016 Base

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2015

COB-MRSA-279

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Roche Molecular Systems · 2013 - 2015

CISA-Task Order 1: Option 1

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2013 - 2014

Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Immunology and Vaccine Design

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2009 - 2014

Emerging Vectorborne Diseases in the Southeastern United States: An Evaluation for National and Global Security

ConferencePrincipal Investigator · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2014 - 2014

Developing an Interdisciplinary Graduate Curriculum in Global Health at Duke University

Institutional SupportCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2012

CDC IPA for Lawrence (Larry) Park

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · 2009 - 2010

External Relationships


  • American Society of Microbiology
  • Bavarian-Nordic
  • Biomeme, Inc.
  • Clarametyx
  • FHI Clinical
  • Global Health Innovation Alliance Accelerator
  • IDbyDNA
  • Qvella

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.