Gail Houck RN, PhD

Chair, Department of Family and Child Nursing

Professor

Board of Directors, Committee for Children

Gail M. Houck joined the Department of Family and Child Nursing as Professor and Chairperson in January 2014. She received her master’s degree from the University of Oregon and her bachelor’s and PhD degrees from the University of Washington. Prior to joining the faculty in the UW School of Nursing, she served as a professor and program director of the PhD and interdisciplinary graduate programs and of the post-master DNP program at the Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. She brings over 3 decades of experience in clinical practice as a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner as well as teaching in graduate clinical and PhD programs. Much of her research has focused on parenting and child developmental, mental health, and social outcomes. Her clinical inquiry projects were focused on preventive and early mental health interventions in schools, and led to co-authoring Depression in Children and Adolescents: Guidelines for School Practice (2013).

Department

Family and Child Nursing

Education

BSN, University of Washington, 1974
MN, University of Oregon, 1977
PhD, University of Washington, 1983

What classes do you teach?

DNP and PhD core courses

What do you love about the UW School of Nursing?

Being part of the University of Washington and the faculty colleagues with whom I work.

Keywords

Parenting
Child developmental mental health and social outcomes
Preventative and early mental health interventions in schools

Research Areas

Lifespan Health

Research Centers

Barnard Center

Publications

Houck, G.M., Kendall, J., Miller, A., Morrell, P., & Wiebe, G. (2011). Self-concept in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 26, 239-247.
Desrochers, J.E. & Houck, G.M. (2013). Depression in children and adolescents: Guidelines for school practice. Silver Spring, MD: National Association of School Nurses and National Association of School Psychologists.
Banta-Wright, S.A., Kodadek, S.M., Steiner, R.D., & Houck, G.M. (2015). Challenges to breastfeeding infants with phenylketonuria. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 30, 219-226.