Biography:

Dr. Woodhouse’s professional responsibilities and activities emphasize public health workforce development, specifically the development of community-based practitioners. To continue this theme she has accepted the position, beginning fall 2008, of Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Assessment and Accreditation here at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health. From 1987 to 2007 she was the director of the East Stroudsburg University of PA (ESU) Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accredited MPH program in community health education and practice and the former director of the undergraduate community health education program (1987-1995). As MPH director she provided guidance for program development and leadership for multiple successful program self studies and accreditation cycles. Dr. Woodhouse also served as Chairperson for the Health Department during 2006-7.

Dr. Woodhouse completed her BA in Psychology in 1973, her M Ed in Health Education in 1981 and her Ed D in Educational Foundations (emphasis in health research methods and social behavioral foundations) in 1987 at the University of Cincinnati. In addition, she completed a postdoctoral MPH in public health practice at the University of South Florida School of Public Health in 2000.

Dr. Woodhouse’s research areas of expertise include mixed method projects designed to illuminate risks to vulnerable populations. She received funding for, conducted, published articles about and presented multiple research studies emphasizing this goal. Topics of her research include coalition development, child abuse prevention evaluation, the integration of public health and medical residency training, HIV/AIDS and prevention, tobacco policy and prevention, preterm birth prevention as well as various community participatory research initiatives. She teaches research methods, both qualitative and quantitative, social behavioral science theory and applied research and communication skills for community based participatory research and community empowerment.

Her professional service includes two six year terms on the Board of Councilors of the public health accreditation agency, the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), during which time she has served as Treasurer and Vice President of the CEPH Administrative Committee. She was recently appointed to the American Public Health Association (APHA) National Education Board. She has served and will serve as an elected member of the APHA Governing Council for Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section (PHEHP) for two terms (2006-2009), as a member of the Executive Committee for the Council of Accredited MPH Programs (CAMP), and in multiple volunteer/elected positions with Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) including Vice President and Trustee of Research and Ethics, as a member of the strategic planning committee for the Health Disparity Elimination Research Agenda Summit (2006). She has held various other national leadership positions with PHEHP such as student awards chair and chair of the workgroup for collaboration.

Dr. Woodhouse has received multiple awards for her work in public health education. She was awarded the 2006 APHA PHEHP Distinguished Career Award and the 2006 SOPHE Trophy. She was elected a fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and a fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health. She is a member of Delta Omega, the public health leadership honorary society, Delta Omicron, the leadership honor society and Phi Kappa Phi, the academic honor society.

Dr. Woodhouse enjoys her family, running and traveling. She loves climbing mountains with her son and walking beaches with her daughter. She is married to Dr. William Livingood; is the stepmother to 5 children and the proud grandmother of 10.