Dr. Pope is a sociologist and charter investigator at the CHR. His
areas of interest included the organization and delivery of medical care
services; patient satisfaction; medical care use; health beliefs, attitudes,
and behaviors; health status and medical care outcomes; mental health services;
and aging and the care of the elderly.
Dr. Pope received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Oregon in 1963.
He served as the CHR's associate director from 1984 to 1996. He is now an
adjunct professor of sociology at Portland State University and an adjunct
professor in the department of psychiatry and in the department of public
health and preventive medicine at the Oregon Health Sciences University.