Julio Frenk | |
|---|---|
 Frenk in April 2005 | |
| 6th President of the University of Miami | |
| In office August 16, 2015 – June 12, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Donna Shalala |
| Secretary of Health of Mexico | |
| In office December 1, 2000 – November 30, 2006 | |
| President | Vicente Fox |
| Preceded by | José Antonio González Fernández |
| Succeeded by | José Ángel Córdova |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Julio José Frenk Mora December 20, 1953 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Spouse | Felicia Knaul |
| Education | |
| Awards | Calderone Prize (2018) |
Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is a Mexican physician and sociologist who has been serving as the sixth president of the University of Miami since 2015.
Frenk received a medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 1979. He attended the University of Michigan and graduated with two master's degrees and a PhD degree in 1983. After that, he became a public servant at the Ministry of Health of Mexico and served as Secretary of Health of Mexico from 2002 to 2006. He served as dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2009 to 2015.
Currently serving as president at the University of Miami, he also serves as a professor of public health science at the Miller School of Medicine, a professor of health sector management at Herbert Business School, and a professor of sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences.
Frenk will be serving as the 7th chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles starting January 1, 2025.[1]
- ^ "Julio Frenk to take helm of UCLA, nation's No. 1–ranked public university, as its 7th chancellor". UCLA. Retrieved June 13, 2024.