Woodahl Erica

Erica L. Woodahl, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the L.S. Skaggs Institute for Health Innovation (SIHI) at the University of Montana. She also serves as Co-Director of the NIH-funded Rocky Mountain Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (RMT-REACH). Dr. Woodahl received a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Washington. Her research focuses on community-engaged approaches to increase participation in clinical research and accelerate the translation of biomedical discoveries into real-world health solutions that benefit all populations. Dr. Woodahl has established long-standing partnerships with rural and Indigenous communities to advance precision medicine and pharmacogenomics research, identifying factors that contribute to variability in treatment outcomes and supporting the translation of discoveries into clinical practice. Her work is grounded in community-based participatory research and addresses the complex and important challenges of conducting clinical research with these communities.