Wolfgang Joklik Distinguished Professor of Global Health
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
Appointments and Affiliations
- Wolfgang Joklik Distinguished Professor of Global Health
- Professor of Medicine
- Associate Director of Duke Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine
- Professor in Pathology
- Research Professor of Global Health
- Member of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute
Contact Information
- Office Location: 310 Trent Drive, Duke Box #90519, Durham, NC 27708
- Email Address: chris.woods@duke.edu
Education
- M.D. Duke University, 1994
- Duke University, 1997
- Duke University, 2000
- Duke University, 2002
Courses Taught
- GLHLTH 771: One Health: From Philosophy to Practice
- GLHLTH 573D: One Health: From Philosophy to Practice
- GLHLTH 393: Research Independent Study in Global Health
- ENVIRON 774: One Health: From Philosophy to Practice
In the News
- Center for Precision Health Welcomes New Faculty Leaders (Mar 29, 2024 | Duke C…
- Where Will the Next Pandemic Come From? (Sep 18, 2023 | Duke Global Health Inst…
- Duke Awards 44 Distinguished Professorships (May 4, 2023 | Duke Today)
- Years in the Making: Duke Human Vaccine Institute Researchers Attack COVID-19 (…
- Duke Institute Tapped to Test Preventive Antibodies for COVID-19 (Aug 20, 2020 …
- 1,300 Sign Up to Participate in MURDOCK COVID-19 Prevalence and Immunity Study …
- Duke Experts Address Coronavirus Testing Issues (Apr 21, 2020)
- A Quick Mobilization on COVID-19 Research at Duke (Mar 18, 2020)
- Covering Zika: the Challenges of Reporting on a New Disease (Apr 14, 2016)
- Journalists To Discuss Challenges Of Covering Zika (Apr 11, 2016)
- More Investment Needed to Face Biosecurity Risks (Mar 27, 2016 | Duke Campaign …
- Do you need antibiotics? A new test may tell (Jan 21, 2016 | CBS News)
- A blood test may soon tell if you really need antibiotics (Jan 21, 2016 | TIME)
- Diagnostic developers target antibiotic resistance (Oct 20, 2015 | Nature)
- Bacterial or Viral? Diagnostic Tool May Help Doctors Track Infection Source (Oc…
- Liberian Alum Working in Home Country Reflects on Duke Global Health Training (…
- DGHI Experts Brief US Congressional Staff on Ebola (Oct 6, 2014)
- Duke Experts Brief Community on the Origin and Risks of Ebola (Sep 24, 2014)
- Duke University hosts Ebola events (Sep 22, 2014 | The News & Observer)
- Duke to Hold Weeklong Series of Events on Ebola Epidemic (Sep 18, 2014)
Representative Publications
- Kutty, Preeta K., Stephen R. Benoit, Christopher W. Woods, Arlene C. Sena, Susanna Naggie, Joyce Frederick, John Engemann, et al. “Assessment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease surveillance definitions, North Carolina, 2005.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29, no. 3 (March 2008): 197–202. https://doi.org/10.1086/528813.
- Bressler, Adam M., Keith S. Kaye, John J. LiPuma, Barbara D. Alexander, Christopher M. Moore, L Barth Reller, and Christopher W. Woods. “Risk factors for Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteremia among intensive care unit patients without cystic fibrosis: a case-control study.” Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28, no. 8 (August 2007): 951–58. https://doi.org/10.1086/519177.
- Breitschwerdt, Edward B., Ricardo G. Maggi, Ashlee W. Duncan, William L. Nicholson, Barbara C. Hegarty, and Christopher W. Woods. “Bartonella species in blood of immunocompetent persons with animal and arthropod contact.” Emerg Infect Dis 13, no. 6 (June 2007): 938–41. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1306.061337.
- Pien, Brian C., Stanley Mirrett, Betty R. Crews, L Barth Reller, and Christopher W. Woods. “Controlled clinical comparison of BacT/ALERT standard aerobic and standard anaerobic blood culture bottles inoculated directly or after transport in sodium polyanethol sulfonate tubes.” J Clin Microbiol 45, no. 4 (April 2007): 1357–59. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02091-06.
- Woods, Christopher W., David R. Murdoch, Mark D. Zimmerman, William A. Glover, Buddha Basnyat, Leslie Wolf, Ram Hari Belbase, and L Barth Reller. “Emergence of Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A as a major cause of enteric fever in Kathmandu, Nepal.” Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 100, no. 11 (November 2006): 1063–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trstmh.2005.12.011.
- Brooks, Richard, Christopher W. Woods, Daniel K. Benjamin, and Nancy E. Rosenstein. “Increased case-fatality rate associated with outbreaks of Neisseria meningitidis infection, compared with sporadic meningococcal disease, in the United States, 1994-2002.” Clin Infect Dis 43, no. 1 (July 1, 2006): 49–54. https://doi.org/10.1086/504804.
- Basnyat, Buddha, Ram Hari Belbase, Mark D. Zimmerman, Christopher W. Woods, L Barth Reller, and David R. Murdoch. “Clinical features of scrub typhus.” Clin Infect Dis 42, no. 10 (May 15, 2006): 1505–6. https://doi.org/10.1086/503680.
- Pien, Brian C., J Royden Saah, Sara E. Miller, and Christopher W. Woods. “Use of sentinel laboratories by clinicians to evaluate potential bioterrorism and emerging infections.” Clin Infect Dis 42, no. 9 (May 1, 2006): 1311–24. https://doi.org/10.1086/503260.
- Whitney, Ellen A Spotts, Katherine L. Heilpern, Christopher W. Woods, C Christina Bahn, Elizabeth A. Franko, Carlos Del Rio, Benjamin J. Silk, et al. “West Nile virus among hospitalized, febrile patients: a case for expanding diagnostic testing.” Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 6, no. 1 (2006): 42–49. https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2006.6.42.
- Chu, Vivian H., Daniel J. Sexton, Christopher H. Cabell, L Barth Reller, Paul A. Pappas, Rakesh K. Singh, Vance G. Fowler, G Ralph Corey, Olcay Aksoy, and Christopher W. Woods. “Repeat infective endocarditis: differentiating relapse from reinfection.” Clin Infect Dis 41, no. 3 (August 1, 2005): 406–9. https://doi.org/10.1086/431590.
- Turner, J. W., B. C. Pien, S. A. Ardoin, A. M. Anderson, W. J. Shieh, S. R. Zaki, J. Bhatnagar, J. Guarner, D. N. Howell, and C. W. Woods. “A man with chest pain and glomerulonephritis.” Lancet 365, no. 9476 (June 11, 2005): 2062. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66701-3.
- Petti, Cathy A., Christopher W. Woods, and L Barth Reller. “Streptococcus pneumoniae antigen test using positive blood culture bottles as an alternative method to diagnose pneumococcal bacteremia.” J Clin Microbiol 43, no. 5 (May 2005): 2510–12. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.43.5.2510-2512.2005.
- Fowler, Vance G., Anita Justice, Catrin Moore, Daniel K. Benjamin, Christopher W. Woods, Steven Campbell, L Barth Reller, G Ralph Corey, Nicholas P. J. Day, and Sharon J. Peacock. “Risk factors for hematogenous complications of intravascular catheter-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.” Clin Infect Dis 40, no. 5 (March 1, 2005): 695–703. https://doi.org/10.1086/427806.
- Joyce, Maria, and Christopher W. Woods. “Antibacterial susceptibility testing in the clinical laboratory.” Infect Dis Clin North Am 18, no. 3 (September 2004): 401–vii. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2004.04.001.
- Murdoch, David R., Christopher W. Woods, Mark D. Zimmerman, Peter M. Dull, Ram Hari Belbase, Andrew J. Keenan, Robert Mcnair Scott, Buddha Basnyat, Lennox K. Archibald, and L Barth Reller. “The etiology of febrile illness in adults presenting to Patan hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal.” Am J Trop Med Hyg 70, no. 6 (June 2004): 670–75.
- Woods, Christopher W., Adam M. Bressler, John J. LiPuma, Barbara D. Alexander, Dennis A. Clements, David J. Weber, Christopher M. Moore, L Barth Reller, and Keith S. Kaye. “Virulence associated with outbreak-related strains of Burkholderia cepacia complex among a cohort of patients with bacteremia.” Clin Infect Dis 38, no. 9 (May 1, 2004): 1243–50. https://doi.org/10.1086/383313.
- Bajani, Mary D., David A. Ashford, Sandra L. Bragg, Christopher W. Woods, Tin Aye, Richard A. Spiegel, Brian D. Plikaytis, et al. “Evaluation of four commercially available rapid serologic tests for diagnosis of leptospirosis.” J Clin Microbiol 41, no. 2 (February 2003): 803–9. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.2.803-809.2003.
- Morgan, Juliette, Shari L. Bornstein, Adam M. Karpati, Michael Bruce, Carole A. Bolin, Constance C. Austin, Christopher W. Woods, et al. “Outbreak of leptospirosis among triathlon participants and community residents in Springfield, Illinois, 1998.” Clin Infect Dis 34, no. 12 (June 15, 2002): 1593–99. https://doi.org/10.1086/340615.
- Hajjeh, Rana A., David Relman, Paul R. Cieslak, Andre N. Sofair, Douglas Passaro, Jennifer Flood, James Johnson, et al. “Surveillance for unexplained deaths and critical illnesses due to possibly infectious causes, United States, 1995-1998.” Emerg Infect Dis 8, no. 2 (February 2002): 145–53. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010165.
- Woods, Christopher W., Adam M. Karpati, Thomas Grein, Noel McCarthy, Peter Gaturuku, Eric Muchiri, Lee Dunster, et al. “An outbreak of Rift Valley fever in Northeastern Kenya, 1997-98.” Emerg Infect Dis 8, no. 2 (February 2002): 138–44. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid0802.010023.
- Cabell, Christopher H., James G. Jollis, Gail E. Peterson, G Ralph Corey, Deverick J. Anderson, Daniel J. Sexton, Christopher W. Woods, L Barth Reller, Thomas Ryan, and Vance G. Fowler. “Changing patient characteristics and the effect on mortality in endocarditis.” Arch Intern Med 162, no. 1 (January 14, 2002): 90–94. https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.162.1.90.
- Woods, C. W., C. McRill, B. D. Plikaytis, N. E. Rosenstein, D. Mosley, D. Boyd, B. England, B. A. Perkins, N. M. Ampel, and R. A. Hajjeh. “Coccidioidomycosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons in Arizona, 1994-1997: incidence, risk factors, and prevention.” J Infect Dis 181, no. 4 (April 2000): 1428–34. https://doi.org/10.1086/315401.
- Woods, C. W., G. Armstrong, S. O. Sackey, C. Tetteh, S. Bugri, B. A. Perkins, and N. E. Rosenstein. “Emergency vaccination against epidemic meningitis in Ghana: implications for the control of meningococcal disease in West Africa.” Lancet 355, no. 9197 (January 1, 2000): 30–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03366-8.