Julio Frenk is the president-elect of The University of Miami. He was previously the Dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Minister of Health of Mexico, from 2000 to 2006. He has written extensively about universal health coverage and health equity. In 1998, Dr. Frenk joined the World Health Organization (WHO) as executive director in charge of Evidence and Information for Policy. He served as a senior fellow in the global health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and as president of the Carso Health Institute in Mexico City. In 2008 Dr. Frenk received the Clinton Global Citizen Award.
President of the University of Miami
Areas of Expertise: Public Health, Health Care Policy, Global Health, Higher Education
Location: Miami, FL
Contact Info:
Email: jfrenk@hsph.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 432-1025
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