Julio Frenk
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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 a professor of sociology at its College of Arts of Sciences.
Julio Frenk | |
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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 (1953-12-20) December 20, 1953 (age 70) 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.