Julio Frenk

Julio Frenk
Frenk in April 2005
6th President of the University of Miami
Incumbent
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)

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.

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.