Dr. Jennifer Woo is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she joined the tenuretrack faculty in August 2024. She holds a Ph.D. in Nursing from Loyola University Chicago—her dissertation explored the relationship between vitamin D status, pregnancy symptoms, and quality of life—and earned both her MSN and BSN at the University of Pennsylvania. A board‐certified Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse‐Midwife, Dr. Woo maintains APRN and RN licensure in Texas. She worked as a full scope CNM/WHNP at Parkland Hospital from 2017 to 2024 in the maternal fetal medicine clinic and on labor and delivery.
Her interdisciplinary research program bridges molecular mechanisms and clinical care to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. As Principal Investigator on an NIH NIMHD–funded study, she investigates genomic signatures of inflammation and vitamin D status in preterm birth among Black women. Dr. Woo has authored more than 40 peerreviewed articles and book chapters on topics spanning vitamin D metabolism, health disparities, and midwifery education, and mentors DNP and doctoral students in nursing science, engineering, evidence based practice, and quality improvement.