Harold Pollack

Harold Pollack

  • Title: Helen Ross Professor at the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice
  • Education : PhD, MPP, both from Harvard University; BA, Princeton University
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2009
  • haroldp@uchicago.edu
  • @haroldpollack

Harold Pollack

Departmental website:
https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/h-pollack

Harold Pollack has published widely at the interface between poverty, policy and public health. He is co-director of The University of Chicago Crime Lab and a committee member of the Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS) at the University of Chicago. In addition, Prof. Pollack is an affiliate professor in the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division and the Department of Public Health Sciences at UChicago.

His research appears in such journals as Addiction, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, Pediatrics, and Social Service Review. His writings have appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation, The New York Times, New Republic, The Atlantic, and other popular publications. His American Prospect essay, “Lessons from an Emergency Room, Nightmare” was selected for the collection Best American Medical Writing in 2009.

He is a co-author of "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated" (2016).

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Substance Abuse, Poverty, Health, Welfare

Pollack Stories

Don’t Let Your Brain Throw Away All of Your Money

Don’t Let Your Brain Throw Away All of Your Money

In Q&A, Prof. Harold Pollack discusses the relationship between his new book on personal finance and behavioral science


New York Magazine

The NFL's Donté Stallworth on what it's like to manage millions as an athlete

The NFL's Donté Stallworth on what it's like to manage millions as an athlete

In Q&A, Prof. Harold Pollack interviews former NFL player about professional athletes’ management of their earnings


Everything You Need to Know About Money on One Index Card

Everything You Need to Know About Money on One Index Card

In Q&A, Prof. Harold Pollack discusses his index card of financial advice, which inspired his new book


Time

New book presents personal finance advice in 10 simple rules Harold Pollack

New book presents personal finance advice in 10 simple rules

If you want mental health services to prevent violence, Medicaid expansion is critical

If you want mental health services to prevent violence, Medicaid expansion is critical

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack writes that not considering the consequences of leaving people uninsured is a 'very poor violence prevention policy’


The U.S. Smoking Rate Just Hit A Historic Low

The U.S. Smoking Rate Just Hit A Historic Low

Prof. Harold Pollack says despite progress, there is 'still a long way to go' for lowering smoking rates worldwide


Survey: Crooks get guns from pals, don't keep them long

Survey: Crooks get guns from pals, don't keep them long

Study co-authored by Prof. Harold Pollack examines the cycle of illicit guns using detainee interviews


A Crime and Policing Expert Critiques Black Lives Matter’s Police-Reform Plan

A Crime and Policing Expert Critiques Black Lives Matter’s Police-Reform Plan

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack calls on Black Lives Matter activists to 'embrace a broad approach to complicated problems that don’t have any single root cause'


New York Magazine

Opinion: Who will care for my brother-in-law Vincent?

Opinion: Who will care for my brother-in-law Vincent?

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack criticizes Illinois’ lack of spending for intellectual and developmental disability services


Why 2 Chicago moms are suing suburbs over their murdered sons

Why 2 Chicago moms are suing suburbs over their murdered sons

Article cites Prof. Harold Pollack, who says one fifth of teenage Chicago shooting victims are killed by crossfire or stray bullets


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