Dr. Jack Salmon

Dr. Salmon is an independent researcher and writer in River Forest, Illinois. He retired as Professor of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). He was formerly a Professor in and Head of the Department of Pharmacy Administration, College of Pharmacy; Professor of Public Policy Analysis, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs; and Professor of Medical Education, College of Medicine at UIC. Professor Salmon's research interests have focused on the corporatization of medicine and pharmacy, managed care pharmacy, urban health care delivery, comparative health care systems, global pharmaceutical industry developments, alternative and complimentary medicines, and selected health policy issues.

In 1974-76 he was Program Director of the Arthritis Control Program of the Greater Delaware Valley Regional Medical Program and Principal Investigator of an NIH-funded National Arthritis Initiative grant. He published (with Stephen Thompson), The orporatization of American Health Care: The Rise of Corporate Hegemony and the Loss of Professional Autonomy (Springer); edited Alternative Medicines: Popular and Policy Perspectives (Tavistock /Methuen/Routledge, 1984); (with Jeffrey W. Todd) The Corporatization of Health Care: A Two Day Symposium and Public Hearing (Illinois Public Health Association, 1988); (with Eberhard Goepel) Community Participation and Empowerment Strategies in Health Promotion, 7 volumes (Zentrum fuer Interdisziplinare Forschung, 1990); edited The Corporate Transformation of Health Care, Part I: Issues and Directions (Baywood, 1990); edited The Corporate Transformation of Health Care, Part II: Reflections and Implications (Baywood, 1994); and (with Linda Shapiro) Health Care for Chicagoans: How Will Health System Integration Affect the Health of the Public? (Health & Medicine Policy Research Group, 1995).