Robert Woods
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Medical School
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Robert Woods
Associate Professor
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    Qualifications
    • MD
      University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, 2009
    • PhD
      Michigan State University, 2005
    • BS
      Michigan State University, 2000
    Center Memberships
    • Center Member
      Center for Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
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    • Journal Article
      A nano-enabled adjunctive therapy to prevent vancomycin resistance evolution: Toward nano-anti-antibiotics
      Koshani R, Yeh SL, vom Steeg LG, Pitcher ML, Kirigo J, Leconey S, He Z, Park MJ, Woods RJ, Read AF, Sheikhi A. Biomaterials, 2025 Jul 1; 318: DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2025.123141
      PMID: 39965420
    • Journal Article
      P-312. Elimination of barrier contact precautions for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE)-colonized patients was not associated with the acquisition of VRE in a tertiary care center
      Chanderraj R, Kidder I, Dombecki C, Wasylyshyn A, Washer L, Mills J, King A, Woods R. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 2025 Jan 30; 12 (Supplement_1): ofae631.515 DOI:10.1093/ofid/ofae631.515
      PMID: PMC11778138
    • Journal Article
      Polymeric Anti-Antibiotic Microparticles to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance Evolution
      Koshani R, Yeh SL, He Z, Narasimhalu N, vom Steeg LG, Sim DG, Woods RJ, Read AF, Sheikhi A. Small, 2025 Jan 1; DOI:10.1002/smll.202407549
    • Journal Article
      Increasing prevalence of bacteriocin carriage in a 6-year hospital cohort of E. faecium
      Garretto A, Dawid S, Woods R. Journal of Bacteriology, 2024 Dec 1; 206 (12): DOI:10.1128/jb.00294-24
      PMID: 39630784
    • Proceeding / Abstract / Poster
      Investigating Bacteriocin Presence in Clinical Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates.
      Ande G, Dawid S, Woods R. 2024 Aug 17;
    • Preprint
      Increasing prevalence of bacteriocin carriage in a six-year hospital cohort of E. faecium.
      Garretto A, Dawid S, Woods R. 2024 Jul 18; DOI:10.1101/2024.07.17.24310592
      PMID: 39072043
    • Preprint
      Reversion to sensitivity explains limited transmission of resistance in a hospital pathogen.
      Tracy KC, McKaig J, Kinnear C, Millar J, King AA, Read AF, Woods RJ. 2024 Jun 3; DOI:10.1101/2024.06.03.597162
      PMID: 38895443
    • Presentation
      Understanding the Transmission Dynamics and Antibiotic Resistance Evolution of Enterococcus faecium: Insights from a Single-Hospital Case Study
      Woods R. 2024 Jun 25;
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    Ande Garretto, Ph.D., defended her dissertation on VRE bacterial infection in hospitals
    Ande Garretto, Ph.D., studied how toxins produced by a bacteria, or bacteriocins, might influence the competition between bacteria in the human gut microbiome.