Research Summary
Dr. Pollack's research focuses on two main areas. The first investigates social determinants of health, with an emphasis on housing policies. In work funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the National Institutes of Health, he is examining the health effects of housing mobility programs that enable families to move from areas of concentrated poverty. Additional research investigates the impact of mixed-income communities, housing affordability, and place-based initiatives on healthcare use, spending, and outcomes. The second theme focuses on cancer prevention and control, including issues related to health disparities and the role of provider and patient social networks across the cancer continuum.
Selected Publications
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Pollack CE, Green HD, Kennedy DP, Griffin BA, Kennedy-Hendricks A, Burkhauser S, Schwartz H, The impact of public housing on social networks: a natural experiment. American Journal of Public Health, 2014;104(9):1642-9
Kennedy-Hendricks A, Schwartz H, Thornton RJ, Griffin BA, Green HD, Kennedy DP, Burkhauser S, Pollack CE. Intergenerational social networks and health behaviors among children living in public housing. American Journal of Public Health. 2015;105(11):2291-7
Pollack CE, Weissman GE, Lemke KW, Hussey PS, Weiner JP. Patient Sharing among Physicians and Costs of Care: A Network Analytic Approach to Care Coordination Using Claims Data. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2013;28(3):459-65
Radhakrishnan A, Nowak, SA Parker AM, Visvanathan K, Pollack CE. Provider breast cancer screening recommendations following guideline changes: results of a national survey. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017; 177(6): 877-8
Pollack CE, Soulos PR, Herrin J, Xu X, Christakis NA, Forman HP, Yu JB, Killelea BK, Wang SY, Gross CP. The Impact of Social Contagion on Physician Adoption of Advanced Imaging Tests in Breast Cancer. Journal of National Cancer Institute. 2017; 109(8): djw330
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