Robert Woods
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
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Robert Woods
Associate Professor
  • Qualifications
  • Center Memberships
  • Recent Publications
    • Qualifications
    • MD
      University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 924 East 57th Street Suite 104, 2009
    • PhD
      Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2005
    • BS
      Michigan State University, East Lansing, 2000
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Preprint
      Preregistered analytic plan: the gut microbiome and acute kidney injury in sepsis
      Winner KM, Chanderraj R, He Y, Nuppnau M, Woods RJ, Heung M, Schaub JA, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP. medRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2024.04.04.24305205
    • Preprint
      Rising daptomycin resistance in Enterococcus faecium across a hospital system occurred via rampant recurrent evolution and occasional transmission between patients
      Woods RJ, Forstchen M, Kinnear C, McKaig J, Patel T, Tracy K, Young C, Read AF. bioRxiv, DOI:10.1101/2023.05.09.540070
    • Journal Article
      Reply to: Anti-anaerobic antibiotics: indication is key.
      Chanderraj R, Baker JM, Kay SG, Brown CA, Hinkle KJ, Fergle DJ, McDonald RA, Falkowski NR, Metcalf JD, Kaye KS, Woods RJ, Prescott HC, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP. Eur Respir J, 2023 May; 61 (5): DOI:10.1183/13993003.00492-2023
      PMID: 37169381
    • Journal Article
      The Gut Microbiome Modulates Body Temperature Both in Sepsis and Health.
      Bongers KS, Chanderraj R, Woods RJ, McDonald RA, Adame MD, Falkowski NR, Brown CA, Baker JM, Winner KM, Fergle DJ, Hinkle KJ, Standke AK, Vendrov KC, Young VB, Stringer KA, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2023 Apr 15; 207 (8): 1030 - 1041. DOI:10.1164/rccm.202201-0161OC
      PMID: 36378114
    • Journal Article
      In critically ill patients, anti-anaerobic antibiotics increase risk of adverse clinical outcomes.
      Chanderraj R, Baker JM, Kay SG, Brown CA, Hinkle KJ, Fergle DJ, McDonald RA, Falkowski NR, Metcalf JD, Kaye KS, Woods RJ, Prescott HC, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP. Eur Respir J, 2023 Feb; 61 (2): DOI:10.1183/13993003.00910-2022
      PMID: 36229047
    • Journal Article
      Combination antimicrobial therapy to manage resistance.
      Woods RJ, Read AF. Evol Med Public Health, 2023 11 (1): 185 - 186. DOI:10.1093/emph/eoad005
      PMID: 37360836
    • Journal Article
      The evolution of antibiotic resistance in an incurable and ultimately fatal infection: A retrospective case study.
      Woods RJ, Barbosa C, Koepping L, Raygoza JA, Mwangi M, Read AF. Evol Med Public Health, 2023 11 (1): 163 - 173. DOI:10.1093/emph/eoad012
      PMID: 37325804
    • Journal Article
      Identifying optimal vaccination scenarios to reduce varicella zoster virus transmission and reactivation.
      Bakker KM, Eisenberg MC, Woods RJ, Martinez ME. BMC Med, 2022 Oct 8; 20 (1): 387 DOI:10.1186/s12916-022-02534-7
      PMID: 36209074