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April 23, 2021
Professor Anup Malani was among eight members of the University of Chicago faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
Malani is the Law School s Lee and Brena Freeman Professor and a professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine. He conducts research in law and economics, health economics and development economics. His research in law and economics focuses on judicial behavior, methods for measuring the contents and causal impact of laws, and the legal implications of blockchain. His health economics research focuses on control of infectious diseases (including coronaviruses and influenza), the value of medical innovation and health care insurance, conflicts of interest in medicine and placebo effects. In development economics, Malani is involved in multiple projects in India focused on health care financing and the quality of life in slums.