Harold Pollack

Harold 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).

Pollack Stories

Gun lobby blocks crucial federal appointment

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack urges Congress to support the nomination of Vivek Murthy as surgeon general


Yes, Ebola Is Scary. But the System Is Working.

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack explains reaction to Ebola outbreak is an ‘ultimately effective’ way to respond to health care shortcomings


Politico

This Woman Will Take Her Own Life November 1. Our Healthcare System Let Her Down.

<p>In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack says woman opting for assisted suicide reflects health care’s failure to provide ‘palliative care’</p>


New Republic

Awareness Is Overrated

Prof. Harold Pollack comments on the role of motivational interviewing and similar techniques to change people’s behavior


New York Magazine

Chicago sees progress, but kids still caught in crossfire

Prof. Harold Pollack comments on ongoing violence, as city faces summertime rise in crime


U.S. News & World Report

How thinking about thinking reduces crime

Prof. Harold Pollack examines how changing behavior decreases arrests for at-risk teens


Mother Jones

Chicago Youth Program Aims To Decrease Violence

SSA faculty members Harold Pollack and Dexter Voisin discuss neighborhood culture amid shootings


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