PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapter

• Woo, J., Hassock, M., & Brewer, T. (2025). Appraising Other Types of Evidence to Inform Best Practices – Chapter 7. In J. Waldrop & J. Dunlap (Eds.), Leading Evidence-Based Practice and Quality Improvement Initiatives in Advanced Nursing Practice: A Competency-Based Approach (1stth ed.). Cognella.

• Woo, J., & Ambia, A. (published). Prenatal Environment: Effect on Neonatal Outcome. In Merenstein and Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care 10th Edition. Elsevier.

• Woo, J., Carrington, S., & Ambia, A. (2020). Prenatal Outcome. In Merenstein & Gardner’s Handbook of Neonatal Intensive Care 9th Edition.

Journal Article

• Martins, A. D., Woo, J., Falley, B., & Spencer, J. V. (published). Vitamin D Status, CMV Seropositivity, and Viral Cytokine Expression in Pregnancy. Viruses.

• Woo, J., Vaughan, S., Wright, M. A., Guffey, T., Saadat, N., Misra, D., Giurgescu, C., & Engeland, C. G. (2025). Vitamin D Deficiency and Interleukin-6: Risk Factors for Preterm Birth in Black Women. Journal of Nutrition, 155.

• Woo, J., Nandu, T., Nowak, A., Forsman, A., Giurgescu, C., & Kraus, L. (2025). Gene Expression differences based on Total 25(OH)D and VDBP status in Black Women with Preterm Births. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Online), 26(10).

• Davis, T., & Woo, J. (2025). Implementing an emergency Contraception Practice Guideline: A Quality Improvement Project. Clinical Journal for Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health, 2(2).

• Woo, J., Parmar, D., Millinga, V., & Kirkland, T. (published). Implementing Food Security Screening in All Pregnant Women: Call to Action. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 69(6), 826-831.

• Nowak, A. L., Saadat, N., Sun, J., Forsman, A. M., Liang, X., Joyce, C., Woo, J., Engeland, C. G., Misra, D. P., Giurgescu, C., Zhang, W., & Anderson, C. M. (2024). Preterm Birth in African American Women: A Multi-omic Approach in Early Pregnancy. Published.

• Anyiam, S., Woo, J., & Spencer, B. (2024). Listening to Black Women’s Perspectives of Birth Centers and Midwifery Care: Advocacy, Protection, and Empowerment. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 69(5), 653-662.

• Quintana, D., Keele, R., Fredland, N., & Woo, J. (2024). Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Barries to Surgical Conscience Action in Perioperative Nurses. Journal of Nursing Measurement. Published.

• Woo, J., Guffey, T., Dailey, R., Misra, D., & Giurgescu, C. (2023). Vitamin D Status as an Important Predictor of Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Black Women. Nutrients, 15(21).

• Woo, J., Guffey, T., Dailey, R., Misra, D., & Giurgescu, C. (2023). Vitamin D Status as an Important Predictor of Preterm Birth in a Cohort of Black Women. Nutrients. Published.

• Tyner, T., Freysteinson, W., Evans, S., & Woo, J. (2023). “My body, my choice”: A qualitative study of women’s mastectomy with flat closure experiences. Body Image, 46, 419-433.

• Woo, J. (2022). Positionality and its Importance in Evaluating Research. ANS, Advances in Nursing Science, 291.

• Kirkland, T. W., & Woo, J. (2022). Social Support and Loneliness Among Black and Hispanic Senior Women Experiencing Food Insecurity: The Nurse as Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Intervention. The Nursing Clinics of North America. Published.

• Saadat, N., Zhang, L., Hyer, S., Padmanabhan, V., Woo, J., Engeland, C. G., Misra, D. P., & Giurgescu, C. (2022). Psychological and behavioral factors affecting inflammation among pregnant African American Women. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (Online), 22, 100452.

• Penckofer, S., Ridosh, M., Adams, W., Grzesiak, M., Woo, J., Byrn, M., Kouba, J., Sheeran, P., Kordish, C., Durazo-Arvizu, R., Willis, D., Emanuele, M. A., & Halaris, A. (2022) Vitamin D Supplementation for the treatment of depressive symptoms in women with type 2 diabetes: a randomized clinical trial. Journal of Diabetes Research. Published.

• Woo, J. (2022). Vaccination. AJN: The American Journal of Nursing. Published.

• Scott, J., Cousin, L., Woo, J., Gonzalez-Guarda, R., & Simmons, L. A. (2022). Equity in Genomics: A Brief Report on Cardiovascular Health Disparities in African American Adults. The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Published.

• Woo, J., Penckofer, S., Fagan, M., & Giurgescu, C. (2022). Associations between pregnancy-related symptoms, serum 25 (OH) D, and physical quality of life in pregnant women. Nutrients. Published.

• Lichtman, R., Woo, J., Reis, P., Klima, C. S., & Perlman, D. (2020). Ensuring Racial Equity in Midwifery Education Programs: Beginning steps for midwifery. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 66(2), 145-147.

• Woo, J., Koening, M. D., Engeland, C. G., Kominiarek, M. A., White-Traut, R., Yeatts, P., & Giurgescu, C. (2020). Neighborhood Disorder Predicts Lower Serum Vitamin D Levels in Pregnant African American Women. The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Published.

• Woo, J., Penckofer, S., Giurgescu, C., & Yeatts, P. E. (2020). Vitamin D Deficiency and Sleep Quality in Minority Pregnant Women. MCN, the American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 45(3).

• Woo, J., Giurgescu, C., & Wagner, C. L. (2019). Evidence of an Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and Preterm Birth and Preeclampsia: A Critical Review. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 64(5),

• Carey, J., Woo, J., Lindley, M., Lewis, A. Z., & Wilburn, B. (2018). A Strategy for Role Assignment in Simulation Using Collaborative Cognition. The Journal of Nursing Education, 57(11), 694-697.

• Sheean, P., Arroyo, C., Woo, J., Schiffer, L., & Stolley, M. (2018). Prevalence and Predictors of Low Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D among Female African American Breast Cancer Survivors. Journal of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 118(4), 568-577.