Biography

The Woodrow Laboratory is focused on the applications of engineered biomaterials in mucosal infections and mucosal immunity. Our long-term goals are to design and build multifunctional materials that will: (1) lead to novel preventative strategies for mucosal infections, (2) program protective immune responses at mucosal sites of pathogen entry, and (3) assist studies of mucosal infections and mucosal immunity in health and disease. These scientific goals are addressed from the perspective of fundamental science, technology development, and translational research. We are a highly interdisciplinary group that implements knowledge and tools from all areas of science and engineering. We strive to innovate solutions that will have the greatest impact in biomedicine and global health technologies.

Education

• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2005
• MS, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2002
• BA, Wells College, 1998

Previous appointments

• Postdoc, Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 2006-2009

Select publications

1. Chaowanachan, T., Krogstand, E., Ball, C., Woodrow, K.A. “Drug synergy of tenofovir and nanoparticle-based antiretrovirals for HIV prophylaxis. PloS ONE, 2013, 8(4), p. e61416.
2. Ball, C., Krogstad, E., Chaowanachan, T., and Woodrow, K.A. “Drug-eluting fibers for HIV-1 inhibition and contraception.” PloS ONE, 2012, 7(11), p. e49792.
3. Woodrow, K.A., Bennett, K., and Lo, D. “Mucosal Vaccine Design and Delivery,” Annu Rev Biomed Eng, 2012, 14, pp. 17-36.
4. Woodrow, K.A., Cu, Y., Booth, C.J., Saucier-Sawyer, J.K., Wood, M.J., and Saltzman, W.M. “Intravaginal gene silencing using biodegradable polymer nanoparticles densely loaded with small-interfering RNA.” Nature Materials, 2009, 8(6): p. 526-533.
5. Woodrow, K.A., Wood, M.J., Saucier-Sawyer, J.K., and Saltzman, W.M. “Biodegradable meshes printed with extracellular matrix proteins support micropatterned hepatocyte cultures.” Tissue Engineering Part A, 2009, 15(5): p. 1169-79.
6. Woodrow, K.A. and Swartz J.R. “A Sequential expression system for high-throughput functional genomic analysis.” Proteomics, 2007, 7: 3870-3879.
7. Woodrow, K.A., Airen, I.O., and Swartz, J.R. “Rapid expression of functional genomic libraries.” J Proteome Res, 2006, 5: 3288-3300.
8. Michel-Reydellet, N., Woodrow, K.A., and Swartz, J.R. “Increasing PCR fragments stability and protein yields in a cell-free system with genetically modified Escherichia coli extract.” J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol, 2005, 9: 26-34.
9. Belcheva, N., Woodrow, K., Mahoney, M.J., and Saltzman W.M. “Synthesis and biological activity of polyethylene glycol-mouse nerve growth factor conjugate.” Bioconjug Chem, 1999, 10: 932-937.
10. Luo, D., Belcheva, N., Woodrow, K., and Saltzman, W.M. “Controlled DNA delivery systems.” Pharm Res, 1999, 16: 1300-1308.

Honors & awards

• NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2012
• Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research, 2010
• L’Oreal USA Fellowship for Women in Science, 2008
• NIH Vascular Research Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, 2008
• NIH Genomics Postdoctoral Training Fellowship, 2006
• Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, Stanford University, 2003
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 1999
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1998
• Nancy A. Reed Chemistry Prize, 1998
• Henry Wells Scholar, 1994