Dr. Natalie Malak Associate Professor, College of Business Contact 301 Sparkman DriveBusiness Administration BuildingRoom 327Huntsville, AL 35899 Campus Map 256.824.6710natalie.malak@uah.edu Biography Curriculum Vitae Education Ph.D. in Economics, McMaster University, Canada M.A. in Economics, University of Toronto, Canada B.B.A., Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada Honors & Awards W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grant, 2024-2026 COB Outstanding Faculty Member Award, 2024 C. David Billings Fellowship, 2022 “Policies for Action” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant, Co-PI, 2021-2024 UAH College of Business Best Research Paper Award, 2021 Richard A. Witmondt Fellowship, 2019 William Henry Yates Scholarship, 2017 Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award, 2016 Affiliations NASA Early Adopter Program for Tempo and Maia satellites, 2019-Present The Global Labor Organization, 2019-Present The American Economic Association, 2016-Present The Canadian Economics Association, 2016-Present The Canadian Research Data Centre Network (deemed employee of Statistics Canada), 2014-Present The Secure Empirical Analysis Lab (formerly the PEDAL Lab), 2014-Present Expertise Health Environmental Education Public Policy Population Economics Recent Publications DeCicca, Philip, Isabelle, Maripier, and Malak, Natalie. 2024. “How do physicians respond to new medical research?” Health Economics, 1–XXX. (ABDC rating: A*; Scimago H-index: 128) https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.4879 DeCicca, Philip, and Malak, Natalie. 2023. “First, Do No Harm, Second, Say Sorry? Investigating the Impact of a New Tort Reform.” Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, Accepted. (ABDC rating: A; Scimago H-index: 73) DeCicca, Philip, and Malak, Natalie. 2021 “Can contingency fee reforms improve maternal & infant health? Evidence from Nevada.” B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 21(4): 1185-1215. (ABDC rating: A; Scimago H-index: 39) https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap2020-0439 DeCicca, Philip, and Malak, Natalie. 2020. “When Good Fences Aren’t Enough: The Impact of Neighboring Air Pollution on Infant Health Outcomes.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 170, 102324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeem.2020.102324 Malak, Natalie, Rahman, Mahbubur, and Yip, Terry. 2019. “Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Heterogeneous Responses to a Pro-Natalist Policy.” Journal of Population Economics 32(4): 1205-1246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-019-00731-y Malak, Natalie, and Yang, Y. Tony. 2019. “A Re-Examination of the Effects of Tort Reforms on Obstetrical Procedures and Health Outcomes.” Economics Letters, 184,108626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108626 Malak, Natalie. 2017. “Nurse Absenteeism and Benefit Generosity: Evidence from Canada.” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration 40(1): 44-78. Malak, Natalie, and Sweetman, Arthur. 2016. “Nursing Wages in Ontario: A Historical Summary.” Report to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. “Baby Bonus, Anyone? Examining Heterogeneous Responses to a Pro-Natalist Policy” with Mahbubur Rahman (McMaster University), and Terry Yip (McMaster University); Recipient of Canadian Population Society Student Paper Award, 2016; Revision requested from Journal of Population Economics