CURRICULUM VITAE

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Research Areas:

• Infant and Child Health
• Poverty
• Research Methods

Education

Ph.D. 1993 City University of New York (Economics)

M.B.A. 1982 State University of New York at Buffalo (Finance)

B.A. 1979 Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut With Honors (Economics)

Positions Held and Institutional Affiliations

10/1/03-present:	Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
10/20/03-present:	Associate Member, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research and Center for State Health Policy, Rutgers University.
7/1/02-present:	Visiting Research Collaborator, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University.
7/1/02-9/30/03:	Associate Research Scientist, National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University.
7/1/97-6/30/02:	Research Staff Member, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.
	The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (Principal Investigators: Sara McLanahan and Irwin Garfinkel) Co-Investigator (7/97 – present) Project Director (7/97 – 8/01)
1994-1997:	Lecturer in Economics, Princeton University.
1994-1997:	Faculty Research Associate, Office of Population Research, Princeton University.
1994-1997:	Faculty Research Fellow, Health Economics Program, National Bureau of Economic Research.
1993-1994:	Visiting Fellow, Office of Population Research, Princeton University.
1990-1994:	Adjunct Assistant Professor in Economics and Management Sciences, Rider University.
1989-1990:	Adjunct Assistant Professor in Economics, Trenton State College (now called The College of New Jersey)
1986-1989:	Lecturer in Economics, California State University, Long Beach.
1984-1985:	Instructor in Economics, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus.
1983-1984:	Instructor in Economics, State University of New York at Buffalo.

Peer Reviewed Articles

Reichman, N., Corman, H., Noonan, K.	Effects of Child Health on Sources of Public Support.	Southern Economic Journal. Forthcoming.
Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Koball, H.	Contemporaneous Versus Retrospective Reports of Cohabitation in the Fragile Families Survey.	Journal of Marriage and Family. Forthcoming.
Nepomnyaschy, L., Reichman, N.	Low Birth Weight and Asthma Among Young Urban Children.	American Journal of Public Health. Forthcoming.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J.	Paternal Age as a Risk Factor for Low Birth Weight.	American Journal of Public Health. Forthcoming.
Noonan, K., Reichman, N., Corman H.	New Fathers’ Labor Supply: Does Child Health Matter?	Social Science Quarterly 86(5): 1399-1417(19).
Corman, H., Noonan, K., Reichman, N.	Mothers’ Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health.	Eastern Economic Journal 31(4). Forthcoming.
Corman, H., Noonan K., Reichman N., Dave, D.	Demand for Illicit Drugs Among Pregnant Women.	(2005) Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research 16: 41-60.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J.	Timing of Enhanced Prenatal Care and Birth Outcomes in New Jersey’s HealthStart Program.	(2005) Maternal and Child Health Journal 9(2): 151-158.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Curtis, M.	TANF Sanctioning and Hardship.	(2005) Social Service Review 79(2): 215-236.
Reichman, N., Corman, H., Noonan, K.	Effects of Child Health on Parents’ Relationship Status.	(2004) Demography 41(3): 569-584.
Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L.	Sources of Support, Child Care, and Hardship Among Unwed Mothers, 1999-2001.	(2004) Social Service Review 78(1): 125-148.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Garfinkel, I., Garcia, S.	Variations in Maternal and Child Wellbeing Among Financially Eligible Mothers By TANF Participation Status.	(2004) Eastern Economic Journal 30(1): 101-118.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J.	Effects of Psychosocial Risk Factors and Prenatal Interventions on Birth Weight: Evidence from New Jersey's HealthStart Program.	(2003) Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 35(3): 130-137.
Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Sprachman, S.	Costs and Benefits of Improving Response Rates for a Hard-to-Reach Population.	(2003) Public Opinion Quarterly 67(1): 126-138.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Garfinkel, I., McLanahan, S.	Fragile Families: Sample and Design.	(2001) Children and Youth Services Review 23(4): 303-326.
Padilla, Y., Reichman, N.	Low Birthweight: Do Unwed Fathers Help?	(2001) Children and Youth Services Review 23(4): 505-530.
Reichman, N., Hade, E.	Validation of Birth Certificate Data: A Study of Women in New Jersey's HealthStart Program.	(2001) Annals of Epidemiology 11: 186-193.
Reichman, N., McLanahan, S.	Self-Sufficiency Programs and Parenting Interventions: Lessons From New Chance and The Teenage Parent Demonstration.	(2001) Social Policy Report 15 (2): 3-4 & 6 & 8-11.
Pagnini, D., Reichman, N.	Psychosocial Factors and the Timing of Prenatal Care Among Women in New Jersey's HealthStart Program.	(2000) Family Planning Perspectives 32: 56-64.
Reichman, N., Pagnini, D.	Urban Inequalities? Birth Outcomes Across New Jersey Cities.	(1998) Applied Behavioral Science Review 6: 111-135.
Reichman, N., Kenney, G.	Prenatal Care, Birth Outcomes and Newborn Hospitalization Costs: Patterns Among Hispanics in New Jersey.	(1998) Family Planning Perspectives 30: 182-187 & 200.
Reichman, N., Pagnini, D.	Maternal Age and Birth Outcomes: Data from New Jersey.	(1997) Family Planning Perspectives 29: 268-272 & 295.
Reichman, N., Florio, M.	The Effects of Enriched Prenatal Care Services on Medicaid Birth Outcomes in New Jersey.	(1996) Journal of Health Economics 15: 455-476.

Invited Review Article

Reichman, N.

Low Birth Weight and School Readiness.

(2005) The Future of Children 15(1): 91-116.

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Cabrera, N., Moore, K., West, J., Bronte-Tinkew, J., Halle, T., Brooks-Gunn, J., Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Ellingsen, K., Nord, C., Boller, K.	The DADS Initiative: Measuring Father Involvement in Large Scale Surveys.	(2003) In Randal D. Day and Michael E. Lamb (eds.) Conceptualizing And Measuring Father Involvement. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
McLanahan, S., Garfinkel, I., Reichman, N., Teitler, J.	Unwed Parents or Fragile Families? Implications for Welfare and Child Support Policy.	(2001) In Lawrence Wu and Barbara Wolfe (eds.) Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Non-Marital Fertility. NY, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 202-228.
Reichman, N., Kenney, G.	The Effects of Parents' Place of Birth and Ethnicity on Birth Outcomes in New Jersey.	(1997) In Thomas J. Espenshade (ed.) Keys to Successful Immigration: Implications of the New Jersey Experience. Washington DC: The Urban Institute Press, pp. 199-230.

Under Review

Multi-Level Analysis of TANF Participation Across Large U.S. Cities	With Julien Teitler and Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Welfare Participation and Marriage	With Julien Teitler, Irwin Garfinkel, and Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant Health	With Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, and Dhaval Dave

In Progress

The Effects of Maternal and Child Health on Health Insurance Status	With Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, and Anne Carroll
Factors Underlying the Mexican-American Birth Weight Paradox	With Robert Hummer, Yolanda Padilla, and Erin Hamilton
Effects of Mental Illness on Marriage and Fertility	With Julien Teitler
Intrapartum Fever and Child Health Outcomes	With John Smulian, Cande Ananth, Julien Teitler, and Lenna Nepomnyaschy
Selection Into Prenatal Inputs: Implications for Estimating Child Health Production Functions	With Hope Corman, Kelly Noonan, and Dhaval Dave

Reports and Unpublished Working Papers

Teitler, J., Reichman, N.	Conditions and Capabilities of New Parents: Findings from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.	February 2002.
Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Garfinkel, I., McLanahan, S.	The Role of Welfare in New Parents’ Lives.	Princeton University, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Working Paper #2002-11-FF.
Teitler, J., Reichman, N.	Cohabitation: An Elusive Concept.	Princeton University, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Working Paper # 2001-07-FF.
McLanahan, S., Garfinkel, I., Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Carlson, M., Audigier, C.	The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study Baseline Report.	2001. Revised August 2003.
Kaestner, R., Reichman, N., Joyce, T.	The Effect of Medicaid and Private Insurance on Birth Outcomes of Low-Income Women in New Jersey.	Princeton University, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Working Paper #1998-30.
Blue Ribbon Panel Report on Black Infant Mortality Reduction.	New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.	1997.

Research Support

Current:

Principal Investigator, "Effects of Child Health on Family Resources." NICHD Grant R01HD45630. Award period: 9/30/03 to 7/31/08. $1,367,413.

Principal Investigator, "Fragile Families and Child Health." NICHD Grant R01HD35301. Award period: 9/23/02 to 6/30/06. $1,454,256.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Mexican American Child Health: Birth to Early Childhood.” NICHD Grant R01HD43371. Award period: 7/1/04 to 6/30/07. $835,137.

Pending:

Principal Investigator, "Health Trajectories in Fragile Families." Competing continuation of NICHD Grant R01HD35301. Proposed award period: 7/1/06 to 6/30/11. $1,623,152.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Exploring Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes.” NICHD R01 HD050310-01. Proposed award period: 7/1/06 to 6/30/10.

Previous:

Co-Principal Investigator, “The Effect of Poor Infant Health on the Labor Supply of Mothers and Fathers in ‘Fragile Families.’” National Poverty Center (University of Michigan). Grant # KN03-NPC02. Award period: 7/1/03 to 6/30/04. $19,998.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Fragile Families and Welfare Reform.” DHHS ASPE #90P100-99-0007 and Administration for Children and Families Grant #90PA00007-01. Award period: 9/30/00 to 09/29/03. $499,458.

Co-Principal Investigator, “Effects of Neighborhood-Level Factors on Infant Health.” Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program, Mailman School of Public Health and Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University. Award period: 7/1/03 to 8/31/03. $3500.

Co-Principal Investigator, “A Demographic Approach to the Study of Child Health and Development in the Mexican American Population.” The University of Texas at Austin, Office of the Vice President for Research, Interdisciplinary Research Initiative. Award period: 9/1/00 to 8/31/02. $98,809.

Principal Investigator, NICHD Grant #R01HD35301, "Pathways to Child Health." Award period: 9/22/00 to 9/21/01. $217,058.

Principal Investigator, NICHD Grant #R01HD35301, "A Comprehensive Study of Birth Outcomes in New Jersey." Award period: 7/1/98 to 9/21/00. $385,273.

Co-Investigator, NICHD Grant #R01HD396916, “Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing.” Award period: 2/1/99 – 11/30/03. $6,507,095.

Co-Investigator, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant #030978. Award period: 2/1/98-1/31/02. $1,370,000.

Selected Professional Presentations

2006	Corman, H., Carroll, A., Noonan, K., Reichman, N.	“The Effects of Maternal and Child Health on Health Insurance Status.”	Accepted for presentation at the 6th Annual Conference of the Economic Research Initiative on the Uninsured, Ann Arbor, MI, July 17-18.
2006	Corman, H., Carroll, A., Noonan, K., Reichman, N.	“Effects of Child Health on Health Insurance Status.”	Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March 30-April1.
2006	Teitler, J., Reichman, N.	“Effects of Mental Illness on Marriage and Fertility.”	Accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Los Angeles, CA, March 30 - April 1.
2006	Smulian J., Teitler J., Nepomnyaschy L., Ananth C., Reichman N.	"Intrapartum Fever And Newborn Complications."	Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Miami, FL, Jan. 30 - Feb. 4.
2006	Smulian J., Teitler J., Nepomnyaschy L., Ananth C., Reichman N.	"The Effect of Intrapartum Fever on Early Childhood Behavior."	Accepted for presentation at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Annual meeting, Miami, Florida, Jan. 30 - Feb. 4.
2006	Reichman, N., Corman, H., Noonan, K., Dave, D.	“Demand for Healthy and Unhealthy Prenatal Inputs.”	Accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association. Boston, MA, January 6-8.
2005	Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Nepomnyaschy, L., Garfinkel, I.	“Welfare Participation and Marriage.”	Accepted for presentation at the Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Washington, D.C., Nov. 3-5.
2005	Noonan, K., Reichman, N., Corman, H., Dave, D.	“Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant Health.”	Presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, March 31 - April 2.
2005	Reichman, N.	“Fragile Families and Child Health.”	Invited presentation, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, February 18.
2005	Reichman, N., Corman, H. Noonan, K.	“Effects of Poor Child Health on Sources of Public Support.”	Presented at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association, Philadelphia, PA, January 7-9.
2004	Reichman, N.	“Fragile Families and Child Health.”	Invited Grand Rounds presentation, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Detroit Medical Center. October 12.
2004	Corman, H., Noonan, K., Reichman, N., Dave, D.	“Demand for Illicit Drugs Among Pregnant Women.”	Presented at “Economics of Substance Use—Individual Behavior, Social Interactions, Markets, and Politics” symposium in Lund, Sweden, August 13-14.
2004	Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Koball H.	“Extent, Determinants, and Consequences of Bias in Retrospective Reports of Cohabitation.”	Presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Research Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, May 13-16.
2003	Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Garfinkel, I., Lenna Nepomnyaschy, L.	“TANF Participation and Marriage.”	Presented at National Poverty Center conference "Marriage and Family Formation Among Low-Income Couples." Washington DC, September 4-5.
2003	Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Daniels, C.	“Sperm Counts? Effects of Father Risk Factors on Infant Health.”	Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Tampa, FL, April 24-27.
2003	Reichman, N., Corman, H., Noonan, K.	“Effects of Child Health on Parents’ Relationship Status.”	Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Health Economics Group of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA, March 14.
2003	Reichman, N., Teitler, J, Garfinkel, I, Garcia, S.	“Variations in Maternal and Child Wellbeing Among Financially Eligible Mothers by TANF Participation Status.”	Presented at the Eastern Economic Association meeting, New York, NY, Feb. 21-23.
2002	Reichman, N., Teitler, J.	“State and Local Variation in Welfare Participation.”	Presented at the Fall Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management. Dallas, TX, Nov. 7-9.
2002	Teitler, J., Reichman, N.	“Hospital Effects in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study: Implications for Sampling Birth Cohorts.”	Presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Research Annual Meeting, St. Pete Beach, FL. May 16-19.
2002	Teitler, J., Reichman, N.	“A Portrait of Unwed Parents in the US.”	Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, Georgia. May 9-11.
2001	Reichman, N., Teitler, J., Garfinkel, I., McLanahan, S.	“The Role of Welfare in New Parents’ Lives.”	Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, Washington DC, Nov. 1-3.
2001	Teitler, J., Reichman, N., Sprachman, S.	“Cost-Benefit Analysis of Improving Response Rates for a Hard-to-Reach Population.”	Presented at the American Association of Public Opinion Research Annual Meeting, Montreal, May 17-20.
2001	Reichman, N., Teitler, J.	“Methodological, Design, and Measurement Issues in Interviewing Fathers.”	Presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, April 19-22.
2001	Teitler, J., Reichman, N.	“Cohabitation Among Fragile Families: An Elusive Concept.”	Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington DC, March 20-31.
1999	Reichman, N.	"Fathers in Fragile Families: New Approaches to Locating and Interviewing Unwed Fathers."	Presented at the National Conference on Health Statistics, August 2-4.
1997	Reichman, N., McLanahan, S.	"Self Sufficiency, Parenting Adequacy, and Child Wellbeing: Lessons From New Chance, The Teenage Parent Demonstration, and LEAP."	Presented at conference "Synthesizing the Results of Demonstration Programs for Teen Mothers," sponsored by the Northwestern University/ University of Chicago, Joint Center for Poverty Research.
1995	Reichman, N.	"The Effects of Medicaid Expansion on Birth Outcomes in New Jersey."	Presented at the Allied Social Science Association meetings, Washington DC.