Harold Pollack is an American

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professor ...

at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

who has been appointed to two

Institute of Medicine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM), formerly called the Institute of Medicine (IoM) until 2015, is an American nonprofit, non-governmental organization. The National Academy of Medicine is a part of the National Academies of Sciences, En ...

committees. His research has focused on

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the det ...

and

health policy Health policy can be defined as the "decisions, plans, and actions that are undertaken to achieve specific healthcare goals within a society".World Health Organization''Health Policy'' accessed 22 March 2011(Web archive)/ref> According to the ...

. At the University of Chicago, he has chaired the Center for Health Administration Studies. A special correspondent for the ''New Republic'' during 2009 and 2010, he writes frequently about public policy for a variety of national publications. Pollack is a frequent contributor to Healthinsurance.org, where he has conducted interviews with other prominent health policy bloggers, including

Jonathan Cohn Jonathan Scott Cohn (born 1969) is an American author and journalist who writes mainly on United States public policy and political issues. Formerly the executive editor of ''The American Prospect'' and a senior editor at ''The New Republic'', C ...

Background

Pollack went to

Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the n ...

for his undergraduate education. He received his masters and doctoral degrees in Public Policy from the

Kennedy School of Government The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public a ...

at Harvard University. After attending Harvard, he was a

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is an American philanthropic organization. It is the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the foundation focuses on access to health care, public health, health equity, ...

fellow at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

before teaching at the

University of Michigan School of Public Health The University of Michigan School of Public Health is one of the professional graduate schools of the University of Michigan. Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, UM SPH is one of the oldest schools of public health in the country and is also conside ...

and then the University of Chicago.

Works

* '' The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated'', Helaine Olen, Harold Pollack, 2017, Portfolio.

References

External links

@haroldpollack
at Twitter.
Research and Biography
at the University of Chicago web site.
Contributions
at The Reality-Based Community
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)
August 2, 2017, Harold Pollack is interviewed by Stephen J. Dubner for

Freakonomics Radio ''Freakonomics Radio'' is an American public radio program which discusses socioeconomic issues for a general audience. The show is a spin-off of the 2005 book '' Freakonomics''. Journalist Stephen Dubner hosts the show, with economist Steven L ...

. Living people Princeton University alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni University of Chicago faculty Health policy University of Michigan faculty Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers {{US-academic-bio-stub