Jean-Marie Robine is a Research Director at the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research within the "CERMES Research group" in Paris and the "MMDN lab" in Montpellier where he heads the research team "Biodemography of longevity and vitality". He studies human longevity, with the aim of understanding the relations between health and longevity. Since its creation in 1989, he has been the coordinator of the "International Network on Health Expectancy" (REVES) which brings together more some 100 researchers worldwide. He is the project leader of the Joint Action European Life and H...