William H. Dow is a professor of health economics at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. He directs the UC Berkeley Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging, and is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He previously served as senior economist for health at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and has worked with Democratic and Republican groups on health policy at the federal, state and local levels. Dow’s academic research elucidates economic determinants of healthy aging in the United States and other OECD countries as well as in emerging economies. Honors include the Kenneth J. Arrow Award, given by the International Health Economics Association. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Yale University.