Woodgate then accepted a one-year Pat Scorer Fellowship from the Medical Advisory Committee and the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc before earning her PhD in 2001.
[2] Upon completing her PhD, Woodgate accepted a faculty position at the University of Manitoba[3] where she received the 2002 Boehringer Ingelheim Oncology Nurse of the Year Award.
[5] As a result of her paediatric work, Woodgate was recognized by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as one of Manitoba's "Nurse to Know"[6] and was a nominee for Winnipeg's 2009 Women of Distinction.
[7] Woodgate continued to study the use of videos games in the health care industry throughout her tenure which led to the development of EMÜD.
[13] During the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Woodgate received a Partnership Engage Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to fund her project "Finding Solutions for the Challenges Faced by Young Workers in the COVID-19 Era.