University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado
Dr. Marie Wood is a professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Dr. Wood received her MD from the University of Colorado School of Medicine, completing an internship in internal medicine at Hennepin County Medical Center and residency at the University of Utah and then fellowship at the University of Colorado. She transitioned from a 25 year career at the University of Vermont in 2022 to the University of Colorado where she is the Medical Director for the Cancer Clinical Trials Office and the Hereditary Cancer Program
Dr. Wood is an active clinician and researcher. Her clinical focus is caring for individuals with breast cancer or at risk for cancer. Her research program focuses on breast cancer biomarkers and mammographic breast density (e.g., relation of density to breast cancer risk factors and other biomarkers; interventions and change in breast density). A separate area of expertise/investigation is in the area of cancer genetics focusing on the use of the cancer family history and models for cancer genetic testing.
She serves at the Associate Director for Cancer Control and Population Health Service (CCPHS) at the University of Vermont Cancer Center and as the co-chair for Prevention within the Alliance for Clinical Trials. She has been the PI of several local and national clinical trials in the area of chemoprevention.