Julio Frenk
Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is a Mexican physician and sociologist. He has been the president of the University of Miami since 2015. He is the University of Miami's first Hispanic and native Spanish-speaking president. At the University of Miami, he is also a professor of public health science at the university's Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, professor of health sector management at the university's Herbert Business School, and professor of sociology at its College of Arts of Sciences.
Julio Frenk | |
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Frenk in April 2005 | |
| 6th President of the University of Miami | |
| Assumed office August 16, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Donna Shalala |
| Secretary of Health | |
| 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 | National Autonomous University of Mexico (MD) University of Michigan (MPH, MA, PhD) |
| Awards | Calderone Prize (2018) |
Prior to being appointed University of Miami president, Frenk was dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard University from 2009 to 2015 and a professor of public health and international development at Harvard Kennedy School. Prior to his appointments at Harvard University, Frenk was the Mexican government's Secretary of Health from 2002 until 2006.