Victor G. Rodwin, Professor of Health Policy and Management, teaches courses on community health and medical care, comparative analysis of health care systems and international perspectives on health care reform. Professor Rodwin is the recipient of a three-year Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Investigator Award on "Megacities and Health: New York, London, Paris and Tokyo. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Health Planning Predicament: France, Quebec, England, and the United States (University of California, 1984); The End of an Illusion: The Future of Health Policy in Western Industrialized Nations (with J. de Kervasdoué and J. Kimberly, University of California, 1984); Public Hospitals in New York and Paris (with C. Brecher, D. Jolly, and R. Baxter), New York University Press, 1992); and Japan's Universal and Affordable Health Care: Lessons for the U.S.? (Japan Society, 1994). His most recent book (edited with Michael Gusmano) will be published by Vanderbilt University Press (Growing Older in Four World Cities: New York, London, Paris and Tokyo). Recent journal articles have appeared in J. of Urban Health, Indicators, and the American J. of Public Health.. Professor Rodwin directs the World Cities Project, a collaborative venture between the Wagner School and the International Longevity Center-USA, which examines the impact of population aging and longevity on New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. He has consulted with the World Bank, the UN, the French National Health Insurance Fund and other international organizations. Professor Rodwin earned his Ph.D. in city and regional planning, and his MPH in public health, University of California at Berkeley.