Anup Malani
Anup Malani is the Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School. He is presently on leave from the University as the Chief Economist for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in Washington, DC.
He conducts research in health economics and policy, law and economics, and development economics. He has taught health law and policy and health economics, law and economics, microeconomics, food and drug law, securities law, bankruptcy law, corporate law, contract law, and insurance law.
Malani is also a Professor (courtesy) at the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago, a Research Associate (healthcare and development) at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the founding Faculty Director of the International Innovation Corps at the Harris School of Public Policy.
Malani is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a member of the Covid Crisis Group, and has twice won the Emergent Ventures Prize.
He has a J.D. and a Ph.D. (economics) from the University of Chicago (advisors: Gary Becker, Tomas Philipson, and Willard Manning).