Elizabeth Wood, Ph.D., MCR
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Elizabeth K. Wood is an Assistant Professor of psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University. Her work includes examining how maternal health factors during and before pregnancy exert programming effects on infant developmental outcomes, including those related to future mental health concerns and cardiometabolic risk.
Education and training
-
Degrees
- M.C.R., 2025, Oregon Health & Science University
- Ph.D., 2020, Brigham Young University
- B.S., 2012, Brigham Young University
-
Fellowship
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism T32 Post-doctoral Scholar
- Oregon Students Learn and Experience Research TL1 Post-doctoral Scholar
- Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) Post-doctoral Scholar
- Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute KL2 Scholar
Memberships and associations:
- Society for Research on Child Development
- International Society for Developmental Psychobiology
- Association for Women in Science
Areas of interest
- Behavioral Health
- Child Development
- Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
- Developmental Programming
- Metabolic Health
- Nutrition
- Placental Biology
- Pregnancy and Perinatal Health
- Psychobiology