Faculty
I am interested in strengthening communities and engaging them in taking ownership of their health and health systems.
I have worked extensively in rural communities helping them strengthen and expand their health systems.
Mathematics
Associate Director
WWAMI Area Health Education Center
Department of Health Services Program Affiliations:
- Community-Oriented Public Health Practice
- Master of Health Administration Program
- Health Care and Population Health Research Track, (MPH program)
Mr. House has wide experience in strategic planning, program evaluation, meeting facilitation, community assessments, and community development. Mr. House teaches community development courses in the School of Public Health and a course in rural health in the School of Medicine. Mr. House serves as associate director of the WWAMI Area Health Education Center where he works to support the University of Washington School of Medicine's regional mission to improve the distribution of health professionals. He is a former member of the board of directors of the Washington Rural Health Association.
Mr. House's hobbies include travel, gardening, hiking, and sailing, and he is active in local politics. His wife (Anne Fitzpatrick) is an elementary school principal with the Seattle Public Schools.
School of Medicine
E.R.S.S. in Regional Affairs
Box: 354982
Seattle, WA 98195-4982
(voice) 206-616-4985 (fax) 206-616-4990
phinney6@u.washington.edu
- HSERV 591
Community Oriented Public Health Practice
- HSERV 572
Community Development for Health
PI: Milgrom Dates: 09/2008 - 05/2015
The Northwest/Alaska/Hawaii Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities focuses on tooth decay in children because it is the major oral health challenge faces by U.S society.
PI: Thompson Dates: 08/2007 - 12/2008
The NW Center for Public Health Practice will conduct an external evaluation of the Community Health Interns Project at the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
