Harold Pollack is an American professor at the University of Chicago who has been appointed to two Institute of Medicine committees.[1] His research has focused on public health and health policy.[2] 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,[3] where he has conducted interviews with other prominent health policy bloggers, including Jonathan Cohn.[4] He is also the Faculty Co-Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab and Health Lab.[5]