Teresa Woodruff
Teresa K. Woodruff | |
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Woodruff among 2011 PAESMEM honorees | |
| President Emerita of Michigan State University | |
| In office 2022–2024 | |
| Preceded by | Samuel L. Stanley Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Kevin Guskiewicz |
| Provost of Michigan State University | |
| In office August 1, 2020 – November 4, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | June Youatt |
| Succeeded by | Thomas D. Jeitschko (interim) |
| Personal details | |
| Spouse | Thomas O'Halloran |
| Education | Olivet Nazarene University (BS) Northwestern University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Reproductive Biology, Obstetrics, Gynecology, Biomedical Engineering |
| Institutions | |
Teresa Kaye Woodruff is an American university administrator and medical researcher in human reproduction and oncology, with a focus on ovarian biology, endocrinology, and women's health. She is President Emerita of Michigan State University, having served as interim president from 2022 to 2024. Woodruff initially joined Michigan State University as the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs in 2020. In 2025, she was a recipient of the National Medal of Science, the first person from Michigan State University to receive the honor.
Woodruff was previously Dean of the Graduate School and Professor in the McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. She served as the Thomas J. Watkins Memorial Professor and Vice Chair for Research and Chief of the Division of Reproductive Science in Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Woodruff is credited with coining the term oncofertility and founded the Oncofertility Consortium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She is also founder and chief of the Division of Fertility Preservation and founder and director of the Women's Health Research Institute at Northwestern University.