Ross M. MullnerRoss M. Mullner, PhD, MPH, is Associate Professor of Health Policy Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He also serves as Special Assistant to the Director of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services and as Visitng Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems Management at Rush University.  His research interests include health services research, health care marketing, and the history of public health, and he has investigated factors leading to hospital closures, mergers and consolidation of health facilities and management issues.  He teaches courses on health services research and on health care marketing, as well as managed care, epidemiology, and health care eonomics.  He is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Medical Systems and has served as Guest Editor for several special issues of this journal, as well as for the Journal of Consumer Marketing (a special issue on Pharmaceutical Marketing).  In addition to nearly 100 articles, he has written or edited several books and monographs, including Health Care, Technology, and the Competitive Environment. Read More Read Less