Robert Woods

 Robert Woods
Associate Professor
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Robert Woods
Robert Woods
Associate Professor
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    • Qualifications
    • MD
      University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 924 East 57th Street Suite 104, Chicago, IL, 60637-5415, United States
      2005 - 2009
    • PhD
      Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
      2000 - 2005
    • BS
      Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
      1996 - 2000

    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics

    Recent Publications

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    • Preprint
      Minding the gap: collective determinants of multiscale structure across interacting bacterial colonies.
      Moran J, Hinczewski M, Shankar S, Wood KB, Woods RJ, Zaman L. 2026 May 4; DOI:10.64898/2026.04.30.721914
      PMID: 42146520
    • Journal Article
      Antianaerobic Antibiotics, Gut Microbiota, and Sepsis-associated Acute Kidney Injury
      Winner KM, Chanderraj R, Nuppnau M, He Y, Petouhoff AM, Falkowski NR, Woods RJ, Schaub JA, Heung M, Ranjan P, Luth JE, Bongers KS, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2026 Feb 1; 212 (2): 314 - 326. DOI:10.1164/rccm.202411-2281OC
      PMID: 40737346
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      P-1236. Clinical Impact of Linezolid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
      Johnson J, Scruggs-Wodkowski EA, Woods R, Kendall RE. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2026 Jan 13; 13 (Supplement_1): ofaf695.1428 DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofaf695.1428
      PMID: PMC12791514
    • Preprint
      Population genetic structure of disease-causing vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a hospital closely reflects the dynamics of colonizing populations in patients
      Barbosa C, Penkevich A, Tracy K, Losh SJ, Read AF, Woods RJ. 2026 Jan 12; bioRxiv, DOI:10.64898/2026.01.09.698598
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Clinical Impact of Linezolid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
      Johnson J, Scruggs-Wodkowski E, Woods R, Kendall R. 2025 Oct 19;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Development of a Multidisciplinary Guideline for Diabetic Foot Infections at a Veterans Affairs Hospital
      Woods R, Kendall R, Linder K, Zhou S, Scruggs-Wodkowski E. 2025 Oct 27;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Early Oral Versus Prolonged Intravenous Antibiotics for Osteomyelitis (OVIVA-VA): A Single-Center Cohort Study
      Chanderraj R, Scruggs-Wodkowski E, Linder K, Abdoler E, Cinti S, Nofz K, Starnes A, John J, Thomas S, Soper N, Maurer S, Saravolatz L, Woods R, Kendall R. 2025 Oct 19;
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Early Oral Versus Prolonged Intravenous Antibiotics for Osteomyelitis (OVIVA-VA): A Single-Center Cohort Study
      Chanderraj R, Scruggs-Wodkowski EA, Linder KA, Saravolatz L, Maurer SM, Soper N, Cinti S, Abdoler E, Starnes A, John J, Nofz K, Thomas S, Woods R, Kendall RE. 2025 Oct 19;

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