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Political Scientist and Health Policy Expert Michael Gusmano Joins Center

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Political scientist and health policy expert Michael Gusmano, PhD, joined The Hastings Center as a research scholar in January. He is also an adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University.

Gusmano speaks and has published widely on health policy, aging, disparities in health, and international comparisons of health and social policy. He is the codirector of the World Cities Project (WCP), the first effort to compare the performance of health, social, and long-term care systems in New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. At The Hastings Center, Gusmano is investigating health care equity in the U.S. and other countries.

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