Joseph Wong is the founder of the Reach Alliance at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, where he is also the Roz and Ralph Halbert Professor of Innovation, and Professor of political science. He has published academic articles in leading journals in political science, development studies, political economy and global health, including recent articles featuring research from the Reach Alliance in the Bulletin of the WHO and the Lancet (forthcoming). Professor Wong has published four books, and is the co-author of a forthcoming book to be published by Princeton University Press on development and democracy in Asia. Wong’s 2017 TEDx talk provides a short and compelling introduction to the challenges of “reaching the hardest to reach.” Professor Wong has been a visiting scholar at leading universities in Asia (Seoul National University), the US (Harvard) and the UK (Oxford). He has advised international organizations such as the United Nations, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the World Health Organization, as well as for governments in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In 2021 Professor Wong was appointed to be the University of Toronto’s Vice-President, International. in Asia (Seoul National University), the US (Harvard) and the UK (Oxford). He has advised international organizations such as the United Nations, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the World Health Organization, as well as for governments in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. In 2021 Professor Wong was appointed to be the University of Toronto’s Vice-President, International.