Susan F. Wood is an American public health professional. She is director of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health.
Career
editWoods graduated from Rhodes College in 1980. She earned her PhD in biology from Boston University in 1989, through the university's Marine Program at the Marine Biological Laboratory.[1] She was a researcher at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[2]
From 1995 to 2000, she was science advisor to the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues.[3]
From 2000 to 2005, she was Assistant Commissioner for Women's Health of the Food and Drug Administration.[3][4] She resigned over delays in approval of the morning-after pill.[5][6][7][8]
Wood is a professor at George Washington University.[9][10][11] She advises women to have advocates go to the doctor, to address women's health bias.[12]
Works
edit- Wood, Susan F. (2014-04-01). "Inappropriate Obstructions to Access: The FDA's Handling of Plan B". AMA Journal of Ethics. 16 (4). American Medical Association: 295–301. doi:10.1001/virtualmentor.2014.16.4.oped1-1404. ISSN 2376-6980. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
References
edit- ^ "Biography: Susan Wood". The President's Interagency Council on Women. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ "Wood, Susan | Global Women's Institute | The George Washington University". Global Women's Institute. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ a b "Guest Speaker Bio - Dr. Susan Wood". nimhd.nih.gov.
- ^ "Biography: Susan Wood". 1997-2001.state.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Is the Plan B battle over? Former FDA official Susan Wood hopes so". Washington Post. 2021-11-25. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ gress, amy (2005-06-17). "2005: Dr. Susan Wood". Government Accountability Project. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Susan Wood". Rewire News Group. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Abortion Pill Opponents Seize New Chance to Target FDA Approval". news.bloomberglaw.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ O'Kelley, Connor. "Public health school launches open online courses on opioids". The GW Hatchet. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ "Plan B gets new label by FDA to clarify it doesn't cause abortion". ABC News. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ Varney, Sarah (2022-06-07). "Misinformation Clouds America's Most Popular Emergency Contraception". KFF Health News. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ^ ""It's Only in Her Head": Gaslighting in Women's Health". healthnews.com.