Jean-Marie Robine is a Research Director at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research and head of the Health and Demography team at the Department of Biostatistics, University of Montpelier, France. He is also the Chair of the Committee on Longevity and Health of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and co-chair of the Steering Committee of the World Aging Survey (WAS) prepared by the International Association of Gerontology (IAG).