Research Interests
Community development; strategic planning; rural health
Bio
Peter House is a senior lecturer emeritus in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health. He has wide experience in rural health, community organizing and development, strategic planning, meeting/retreat facilitation, community assessments, homelessness and adult education. House was a clinical associate professor at the UW School of Medicine, where he served in the WWAMI Program from 1990 to 2010. He also served as board president of ROOTS, the young adult shelter in the University District in Seattle. He received the Washington Rural Health Association’s Outstanding Contribution to Rural Health Award in 1999 and the Community Service Award from the UW School of Public Health in 2013. A former director of the COPHP program (2009–2013), House earned his MHA at the University of Michigan.
Education
MHA University of Michigan, 1974
BA Mathematics, Lawrence University, 1968
Recent Publications (PubMed)
The University of Washington’s Community-Oriented Public Health Practice program and Public Health-Seattle & King County partnership.
House PJ, Hartfield K, Nicola B, Bogan SL. The University of Washington’s Community-Oriented Public Health Practice Program and Public Health-Seattle & King County Partnership. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 May-Jun;20(3):285-9. doi: 10.1097/PHH.00
Identifying the gaps between biodefense researchers, public health, and clinical practice in a rural community.
Van Fleet-Green JM, Chen FM, House P. Identifying the gaps between biodefense researchers, public health, and clinical practice in a rural community. J Rural Health. 2008 Summer;24(3):326-9.
Regional solutions to the physician workforce shortage: the WWAMI experience.
Norris TE, Coombs JB, House P, Moore S, Wenrich MD, Ramsey PG. Regional solutions to the physician workforce shortage: the WWAMI experience. Acad Med. 2006 Oct;81(10):857-62. Review.
Student providers aspiring to rural and underserved experiences at the University of Washington: promoting team practice among the health care professions.
Norris TE, House P, Schaad D, Mas J, Kelday JM. Student providers aspiring to rural and underserved experiences at the University of Washington: promoting team practice among the health care professions. Acad Med. 2003 Dec;78(12):1211-6.
Low-bandwidth, low-cost telemedicine consultations in rural family practice.
Norris TE, Hart GL, Larson EH, Tarczy-Hornoch P, Masuda DL, Fuller SS, House PJ, Dyck SM. Low-bandwidth, low-cost telemedicine consultations in rural family practice. J Am Board Fam Pract. 2002 Mar-Apr;15(2):123-7.
