Wood is a contemporary philosopher working in the philosophy of medicine or psychiatry, engaged with questions about how empirical research methods—particularly association studies—bear on the conceptual analysis and classification of medical or psychological conditions. Their work bridges methodological debates in science with philosophical questions about nosology and disease concepts.
Argued that empirical association studies have constitutive relevance to conceptual analysis of conditions, not merely confirmatory roles
Contributed to debates on the relationship between epidemiological evidence and philosophical classification in medicine or psychiatry