[2] He is best known for his work concerning medical equipment design for the developing world, for which he was named among Today's Engineering Heroes by IEEE in 2015.
[3] Among his work, the best-known technology is the "Pratt Pouch," a ketchup packet-like envelope containing antiretroviral drugs.
He also founded The Global Public Service Academies an organization that places high school students in developing world clinics and hospitals.
He also founded The International Research Institute of North Carolina an organization that places high school students in university laboratories.
Malkin is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and an expert advisor to WHO committees on health care technology.