Dean Pol's research interests include demographic applications, research methodology and statistics, and healthcare policy. Dr. Pol is the author of seven books. He is the author of Demography for Business Decision Making (Greenwood Press), and his Demography of Health and Healthcare (Springer) is the best-selling title in the Kluwer Population Series. He has published more than 80 articles, book chapters, and research notes. Dr. Pol received UNO's award for distinguished research in 1995. His most recent work focuses on the determinants and consequences of being without health insurance, and developing a methodology for identifying rural areas at risk to not providing adequate health services to their populations. He serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Hospital Marketing, Journal of Professional Services Marketing, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, Health Marketing Quarterly, and Population Research and Policy Review.