Peter Rabinowitz
Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Professor, Env. and Occ. Health Sciences
Professor, Family Medicine
Professor, Global Health
Adjunct Professor, Medicine - Allergy and Infectious Dis.
206-616-0598
peterr7@uw.edu
Education
MD Medicine, University of Washington, 1982
MPH School of Medicine, Yale University, 1995
BA Biology, Amherst College, 1978
Contact
206-616-0598
peterr7@uw.edu
Box 357234
Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences
Seattle, WA 98195
Bio
Peter Rabinowitz MD MPH directs the Center for One Health Research. The Project explores linkages between human, animal, and environmental health in a "One Health" paradigm, including: zoonotic infectious diseases at the human-animal interface, animals as "sentinels" of environmental health hazards, and clinical collaboration between human health care providers and veterinarians in a species-spanning approach. A goal of the Project is to serve as an incubator and organizer of research, training, and clinical activities at the University of Washington related to the human-animal-ecosystem interface.
Dr. Rabinowitz also directs the Canary Database, an online resource for evidence about animals as sentinels of environmental health threats from both toxic and infectious hazards. He has been a visiting scientist at the Global Influenza Program of the WHO, and also in the Animal Health Division of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) where he researched zoonotic diseases. He is the co-editor, with Lisa Conti DVM, MPH, of the clinical manual Human Animal Medicine: Zoonoses, Toxicants and other Shared Health Risks. (Elsevier 2010) He is co-director, with Malika Kachani DVM, PhD, of the Stone Mountain Working Group on One Health Proof of Concept Research.
Dr. Rabinowitz completed a Family Medicine residency through the University of California San Francisco (Salinas Program). He has also completed fellowships in General Preventive Medicine and Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, where he served as Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and Director of Electives for the School of Medicine.
Recent Publications (PubMed)
(2025 Aug)
PLOS Digit Health 4(8): e0000990
Hakizimana D, Schurer JM, Irimaso E, Rabinowitz P, Ndagijimana J, Amuguni JH
(2025 Aug 11)
J Occup Environ Med
McLellan RK, Berenji M, Egbuji A, Fagan K, Nabeel I, Perkison WB, Rabinowitz P, Santiago R, Sirinara P, Stoneman E, Thompson H, MPH ACOEM Work Group on Climate Change Education
(2025 Jan-Dec)
J Prim Care Community Health 16(): 21501319251345973
Rejto N, Ramirez V, Fenelon HT, Xie M, Kuehl K, Terry A, Tin AH, Tabor E, Schneier K, Nee A, Richer A, Rabinowitz P, Meisner J
(2025 Jun 4)
BMJ Glob Health 10(6):
Breiman RF, Osoro E, Reithinger R, Wang D, Diamond M, Van Voorhis WC, Wasserheit JN, Rabinowitz PM, Mboup S, Hemingway-Foday JJ, de Oliveira T, Boon ACM, Schieffelin JS, Sempowski GD, Moody MA, Vasilakis N, Hanley KA, Nasimiyu C, Situma S, Ngere I, Kyobe Bosa H, Nyakarahuka L, Bakamutumaho B, Woodson SE, Njenga MK
(2025 May)
PLoS Negl Trop Dis 19(5): e0012978
Iqbal NT, Ahmed K, Khalid A, Imtiaz K, Ali QM, Munir T, Mahmood SF, Khan U, Afzal B, Qamar FN, Waggoner JJ, Fenelon H, McOwen H, Khan E, Rabinowitz P, Van Voorhis WC
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