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{{Short description|Mexican public health scholar and sociologist}}
[[Image:Julio Frenk.jpg|right|thumb|Julio Frenk Mora]]
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'''Dr. Julio José Frenk Mora''' (b. December 20, 1953, [[Mexico City]]) is a [[Mexican]] [[physician]] and former [[Secretary of Health of Mexico]]. On January 1, 2009, Dr. Frenk became Dean of the Faculty and T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development at the [[Harvard School of Public Health]].
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| order = 6th
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| predecessor = [[Donna Shalala]]
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| awards = [[Calderone Prize]] (2018)
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'''Julio José Frenk Mora''' (born December 20, 1953) is a Mexican public health scholar and sociologist, serving as the 7th chancellor of the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] starting January 1, 2025.


Frenk graduated from the [[University of Michigan]] in 1983, receiving a [[Master of Public Health]], a [[Master of Arts]] in sociology, and a joint [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in medical care organization and sociology. After that, he became a public servant at the [[Ministry of Health (Mexico)|Ministry of Health of Mexico]] and served as [[Secretariat of Health|Secretary of Health of Mexico]] from 2002 to 2006. He served as the 8th dean of the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]] from 2009 to 2015 and as the 6th president of the [[University of Miami]] from 2019 to 2024.
==Biography==
Dr. Julio Frenk was born in Mexico City on December 20, 1953. He received his medical degree in 1979 from the National Autonomous University of Mexico [[UNAM]], and went on to obtain three additional advanced degrees from the [[University of Michigan]]: Master of [[Public Health]] (1981), Master of Arts in [[Sociology]] (1982), and joint Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Care Organization and in Sociology (1983).


==Early life and education==
His professional career began in 1984, when Dr. Frenk assumed the position of Founding Director of the Centre of Public Health Research, Ministry of Health of Mexico, a role he held until 1987. Following that appointment, Dr. Frenk went on to serve as the founding Director-General of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico (1987 to 1992). From 1995 to 1998 he served as the Executive Vice President of the Mexican Health Foundation, a private non-profit organization, and the Director of its Centre for Health and the Economy. In 1998 he was designated Executive Director of Evidence and Information for Policy at the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) in [[Geneva]].
Frenk was born on December 20, 1953, in [[Mexico City]]. His father and grandfather, both of whom were physicians, were [[Jews]] who fled to [[Mexico]] from [[Nazi Germany]].<ref name=HM>{{cite web|title=A Global Health View|date=March 2009|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/03/global-health-view|publisher=Harvard Magazine|access-date=August 23, 2015|archive-date=October 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005041002/http://harvardmagazine.com/2009/03/global-health-view|url-status=live}}</ref> His mother was Alicia Josefina Mora Alfaro, a Mexican biochemist. <ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0036-36342020000300348&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es|title=Silvestre Félix Frenk Freund 1923-2020|first=Héctor|last=Bourges Rodríguez|date=June 11, 2020|journal=Salud Pública de México|volume=62|issue=3|pages=348–351|via=SciELO|doi=10.21149/11372|doi-access=free}}</ref>


Frenk received an undergraduate [[medical degree]] from the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] in [[Mexico City]] in 1979. He then attend the [[University of Michigan]], where he received a [[Master of Public Health]] in 1981, a [[Master of Arts]] in [[sociology]] in 1982, and a joint [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in medical care organization and sociology in 1983.
Following the election of [[Vicente Fox]] in Mexico’s 2000 presidential election, Dr. Frenk was appointed Minister of Health of Mexico, a position he held until December 2006.


Frenk is the brother of famed British astrophysicist [[Carlos Frenk]].
Following his service as Minister of Health, Dr. Frenk was tapped to serve as Senior Fellow in the Global Health Program of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] where he counseled the foundation on global health issues and strategies.


==Career==
In addition to his many executive positions, Dr. Frenk has served in several academic roles including, senior researcher at the National Institute of Public Health and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the National University of Mexico. He was also awarded the position of National Researcher. In 1992–1993 he was Visiting Professor at the [[Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies]].
[[File:Frenk Fox Tamez.jpg|thumb|Frenk with Mexican president [[Vicente Fox]] and education secretary [[Reyes Tamez]] in [[Los Pinos]] during the initialing ceremony of the [[Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica|National Institute of Genomic Medicine]] in July 2004]]
[[File:Julio Frenk Inauguration .png|thumb|Frenk's official installation as the [[University of Miami]]'s sixth president in January 2016]]
[[File:Julio Frenk and Felicia Knaul at the IV Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala (cropped).jpg|thumb|Frenk with wife [[Felicia Knaul]] in October 2018]]
In 1984, Frenk was appointed director of the Centre of Public Health Research in the [[Secretariat of Health (Mexico)|Ministry of Health of Mexico]], a role he held until 1987. Following that, he went on to serve as the founding director general of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico from 1987 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998, he served as executive vice president of the Mexican Health Foundation, a private non-profit organization, and director of the organization's Centre for Health and the Economy.


Frenk also has served in several academic roles, including as a senior researcher at the National Institute of Public Health and as adjunct professor of medicine and national researcher at the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] in [[Mexico City]]. In 1992–1993, he was visiting professor at the [[Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies]] at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]].
He is the author of 28 books and monographs and many articles in academic journals as well as in cultural magazines and newspapers. He is also the member of the Editorial Boards of ten international journals and a member of twelve scientific and professional associations, including the [[National Academy of Medicine (Mexico)|National Academy of Medicine]] of Mexico and the [[United States]] [[Institute of Medicine]].


In 1993, he was an advisor on health reform for the government of [[Colombia]], working alongside health economist [[Felicia Knaul]]. The two married in 1995, and settled in Mexico.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goho |first1=Alexandra |title=Closing the Cancer Care Gap |url=https://www.cancertodaymag.org/fall2014/breast-cancer-survivor-felicia-knaul-addresses-global-cancer-care-inequities/ |access-date=30 January 2023 |work=[[Cancer Today]] |date=September 29, 2014 |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202100831/https://www.cancertodaymag.org/fall2014/breast-cancer-survivor-felicia-knaul-addresses-global-cancer-care-inequities/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2003, while serving as Minister of Health of Mexico, Frenk introduced Seguro Popular, a program of comprehensive national health insurance which expanded access to health care for tens of millions of previously uninsured Mexicans [http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/112].


In 1998, Frenk was appointed executive director of evidence and information for policy at the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) in [[Geneva]].
In 2004, Frenk was criticized by tobacco control advocates for cutting an unusual deal with tobacco companies. Philip Morris and British America Tobacco agreed to donate $400 million for health programs in Mexico over 2½ years but reserved the right to cancel the donation if cigarette taxes were raised [http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB116164895471701497.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one].


=== Minister of Health of Mexico (2000–2006) ===
In September 2006 the Mexican government put Frenk's name forward as a candidate for the vacant position of [[Director General of the World Health Organization|Director-General]] of the [[World Health Organization]] [http://www.juliofrenk2006who.org]. The British medical journal [[The Lancet]] published an editorial [http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606694968/fulltext] endorsing Frenk as the best candidate, while [[The Wall Street Journal]] reported that the controversial tobacco deal could hurt his chances for election [http://users2.wsj.com/lmda/do/checkLogin?mg=wsj-users2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB116164895471701497.html%3Fmod%3Dtodays_us_page_one]. The WHO position was awarded to [[Margaret Chan|Dr. Margaret Chan]] in November 2006.
{{Further|Secretariat of Health (Mexico)}}
Following the election of [[Vicente Fox]] in [[2000 Mexican general election|Mexico's 2000 presidential election]], Frenk was appointed minister of health of Mexico, a position he held until December 2006. In 2003, as Mexico's secretary of health, Frenk introduced a comprehensive national health insurance program called Seguro Popular, which expanded access to health care for tens of millions of previously uninsured Mexicans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/112 |title=Health System Reform in Mexico &#124; the Lancet Global Health Network |access-date=2008-07-23 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914043151/http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/112 |archive-date=2008-09-14}}</ref>


In 2003, Frenk was among five final candidates for the position of director-general of the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) alongside [[Lee Jong-wook]], [[Pascoal Mocumbi]], [[Peter Piot]], and Ismail Sallam; Lee was eventually appointed the position.<ref>Lawrence K. Altman (January 29, 2003), [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/world/south-korean-nominated-to-head-who.html South Korean Nominated to Head W.H.O.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618113718/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/world/south-korean-nominated-to-head-who.html |date=June 18, 2024 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref>
After failing to win the WHO post, Dr. Frenk assumed the position of head of the Carso Health Institute, a private, nonprofit center aimed at helping Latin America's poor. The organization was established by Mexican businessman Carlos Slim. Mr. Slim is a controlling shareholder in the Mexican unit of the tobacco company Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris) and sits on Altria's board of directors. <!-- SOURCE: Grupo Carso press releases. Reforma Newspaper report Sept. 19, 2007 -->As of March 2007. Mr. Slim's business holdings range from the Mexican phone company Telmex, to Inbursa financial group and Grupo Carso, which owns businesses ranging from retail stores to restaurants.


In 2004, Frenk was criticized by tobacco control advocates for his role in cutting an unusual deal with tobacco companies in which [[Altria Group|Philip Morris]] and [[British American Tobacco]] agreed to donate $400 million for health programs in Mexico over two and a half years but reserved the right to cancel the donation if cigarette taxes were raised<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116164895471701497|title=Tobacco Deal Haunts Contender for WHO Chief|author=John Lyons|author2=Betsy McKay|date=Oct 24, 2006|access-date=August 11, 2024|archive-date=August 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811202157/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116164895471701497|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2010, Dr. Frenk joined the board of the Commonwealth Fund.<ref>The Commonwealth Fund (2010). "Dr. Julio Frenk to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors" (http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Jul/Dr-Julio-Frenk.aspx). Commonwealthfund.org</ref>


In September 2006, the Mexican government again nominated Frenk as a candidate for the leadership of the World Health Organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juliofrenk2006who.org |title=Archived copy|access-date=2006-09-04 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725040926/http://juliofrenk2006who.org/ |archive-date=2013-07-25 }}</ref> The British medical journal ''[[The Lancet]]'' published an editorial<ref>{{Cite journal | url=http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606694968/fulltext | doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69496-8 | title=The next Director-General of WHO | year=2006 | last1=Horton | first1=Richard | journal=The Lancet | volume=368 | issue=9543 | pages=1213–1214 | pmid=17027707 | s2cid=37755884 | access-date=January 22, 2007 | archive-date=June 8, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608070748/http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673606694968/fulltext | url-status=live }}</ref> endorsing Frenk as the best candidate while ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' reported that Frenk's controversial 2004 tobacco deal could hurt his chances for election.<ref name="auto1"/> Along with [[Elena Salgado]], [[Kazem Behbehani]], [[Margaret Chan]], and [[Shigeru Omi]], Frenk was one of the five finalists for the position, which was awarded to Chan in November 2006.
==The "morning after" pill==
[[Image:Juliofrenksenate.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Julio Frenk before the Mexican Senate (right)]]


===Harvard University School of Public Health (2009–2015)===
On July 2005 Frenk met the opposition of [[Interior Secretary]] [[Carlos Abascal]] (a conservative [[Catholic]]) because of the decision of the Ministry of Health of distributing the [[morning after pill]] to government health clinics.
{{Further|Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health}}
Following his service as Mexico's minister of health, Frenk was tapped to serve as senior fellow in the global health program of the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], where he counseled the foundation on global health issues and strategies.


Frenk subsequently served as dean of the faculty at [[Harvard University]]'s [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]] from 2009 until 2015.<ref>Zachary Fagenson (April 13, 2015), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-miami-university-idUKKBN0N41VH20150413 Former Mexican health minister named University of Miami president] [[Reuters]].</ref> While at Harvard, he was also the T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment made with the [[Harvard Kennedy School]].<ref>[https://r4d.org/about/board-of-directors/julio-frenk/ Board of Directors: Julio Frenk] [[Results for Development]] (R4D).</ref> Under Frenk's leadership, Harvard's School of Public Health received its largest ever gift of $350 million and was renamed [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]] in 2014.<ref>Sharon Begley (September 8, 2014), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-harvard-gift/harvard-receives-largest-ever-gift-350-million-for-public-health-idUKKBN0H306A20140908 Harvard receives largest-ever gift, $350 million for public health] ''[[Reuters]]''</ref>
Shortly after [[Norberto Rivera Carrera]] ([[archbishop]] of [[Mexico City]]) declared that the introduction of the pill should not be made without public debate, Abascal announced debates on the decision would be made. However, Frenk has denied the existence of any plans in discussing the topic or withdrawing the distribution of the pills. [[Women's rights]] groups have applauded the decision while [[anti-abortion]] activists and the [[Catholic Church]] have strongly decried the pill that is traditionally abortive.

In addition to his role as dean of Harvard School of Public Health, Frenk co-chaired, along with Lincoln Chen, the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century, which published its final report in ''[[The Lancet]]'' in 2010. The report recommended that governments place the same emphasis on fighting [[cancer]] that they place on infectious diseases like [[AIDS]] and [[malaria]].<ref>Donald G. McNeil Jr. (August 16, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/health/17glob.html Cancer: Expert Panel Calls for Aggressive Fight Against Cancer in Poorer Countries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617100254/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/health/17glob.html |date=June 17, 2022 }} ''[[New York Times]]''.</ref> He served on the High-Level Task Force for the [[International Conference on Population and Development]], co-chaired by [[Joaquim Chissano]] and [[Tarja Halonen]], from 2012 to 2014.<ref>[https://www.icpdtaskforce.org/task-force-members/ Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423075905/https://www.icpdtaskforce.org/task-force-members/ |date=April 23, 2023 }} High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development.</ref> In 2013, Frenk joined [[Vicente Fox]] and others in campaigning for [[Legality of cannabis|marijuana legalization]] at a series of events in the United States and Mexico.<ref>Gabriel Stargardter (July 20, 2013), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-drugs/mexico-could-legalize-marijuana-in-five-years-former-president-idUKBRE96J01420130720 Mexico could legalize marijuana in five years: former president] ''[[Reuters]]''.</ref>

In 2015, Frenk co-edited a collection of non-fiction essays on the subject of [[global health]], "[[To Save Humanity]]," which included work from [[Michelle Bachelet]], [[Lawrence Summers|Larry Summers]], [[Elton John]], Frenk, and others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/137492688|title=To Save Humanity Book Launch Julio Frenk|website=Vimeo|date=August 27, 2015|access-date=2016-07-18|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822051332/https://vimeo.com/137492688|url-status=live}}</ref>

===University of Miami (2015–2024)===
{{Further|University of Miami}}
On April 13, 2015, the [[University of Miami]] announced the appointment of Frenk as the university's sixth president, succeeding [[Donna Shalala]].<ref>[http://www.miami.edu/index.php/about_us/leadership/office_of_the_president/president-elect_dr_julio_frenk/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416185458/http://www.miami.edu/index.php/about_us/leadership/office_of_the_president/president-elect_dr_julio_frenk/|date=April 16, 2015}}</ref> He was officially inaugurated on January 29, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://livestream.com/accounts/2263400/events/4575027/videos/110871866|title=Presidential Inauguration on Livestream|website=livestream.com|access-date=August 11, 2024|archive-date=August 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811202316/https://livestream.com/accounts/2263400/events/4575027/videos/110871866|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Frenk's salary as University of Miami president was $1.14 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ceoworld.biz/2017/12/11/americas-top-50-highest-paid-private-university-presidents/|title=America's Top 50 Highest Paid Private University Presidents|first=Amarendra|last=Dhiraj|work=CEOWORLD magazine|date=December 11, 2017|access-date=July 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094530/http://ceoworld.biz/2017/12/11/americas-top-50-highest-paid-private-university-presidents/|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On June 12, 2024, the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] announced that Frenk would be joining UCLA as the university's [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] on January 1, 2025.<ref name="auto2">[https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/dr-julio-frenk-named-first-latino-chancellor-ucla "Dr. Julio Frenk named first Latino chancellor of UCLA"], [[University of California]], June 12, 2024</ref> The same day, the University of Miami announced that the university's chief executive officer, Joe Echevarria, had been appointed acting president of the University of Miami "effective immediately."<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Announcement regarding President Julio Frenk |url=https://messages.miami.edu/messages/2024/06/06-12-24-message-regarding-president.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624171522/https://messages.miami.edu/messages/2024/06/06-12-24-message-regarding-president.html |archive-date=June 24, 2024 |access-date=June 24, 2024 |website=messages.miami.edu}}</ref> On June 19, 2023, the University of Miami student newspaper, ''[[The Miami Hurricane]]'', labeled Frenk's departure "shocking", and criticized his leadership. "Frenk was rarely a prominent influence on UM’s campus," the student newspaper reported.<ref>[https://themiamihurricane.com/2024/06/19/frenks-choice-to-leave-um-before-the-centennial-is-shocking/ "Frenk's choice to leave UM before the centennial is shocking"], ''[[The Miami Hurricane]]'', June 19, 2024</ref>

==Other activities==
* Commission for Universal Health, [[Chatham House]]<ref>[https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/global-health-programme/commission-universal-health Commission for Universal Health] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624151657/https://www.chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-departments/global-health-programme/commission-universal-health |date=June 24, 2022 }} [[Chatham House]].</ref>
* [[Commonwealth Fund]], member, board of directors (since 2010)<ref>The Commonwealth Fund (2010). "Dr. Julio Frenk to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors" (http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Jul/Dr-Julio-Frenk.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192913/http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Jul/Dr-Julio-Frenk.aspx |date=March 3, 2016 }}). Commonwealthfund.org</ref>
* Exemplars in Global Health, member, senior advisory board (since 2020)<ref>[https://www.exemplars.health/learn-more/about Senior Advisoy Board] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020172318/https://www.exemplars.health/learn-more/about |date=October 20, 2020 }} Exemplars in Global Health.</ref>
* Miami-Dade Beacon Council, member, board of directors (since 2015)<ref>[https://www.beaconcouncil.com/staff/julio-frenk-2/ Board of Directors: Julio Frenk] Miami-Dade Beacon Council.</ref>
* [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]], member, board of trustees (since 2015)<ref>[https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/articles-and-news/2015/01/julio-frenk-elected-to-rwjf-board-of-trustees.html Julio Frenk Elected to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724095141/https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/articles-and-news/2015/01/julio-frenk-elected-to-rwjf-board-of-trustees.html |date=July 24, 2021 }} [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]] (RWJF), press release of January 29, 2015.</ref>
* [[United Nations Foundation]], member, board of directors (since 2016)<ref>[https://unfoundation.org/who-we-are/our-board/julio-frenk-mexico/ Board of Directors: Julio Frenk] [[United Nations Foundation]].</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
*Cecilio A. Robelo Award for Scientific Research, State of [[Morelos]], 1993.
* Cecilio A. Robelo Award for Scientific Research, State of [[Morelos]], 1993.
* [[Calderone Prize|Frank A. Calderone Prize]], 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dr. Julio Frenk to Receive Frank A. Calderone Prize from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health |url=https://www.aspph.org/dr-julio-frenk-to-receive-frank-a-calderone-prize-from-columbia-mailman-school-of-public-health/ |website=ASPPH |access-date=30 March 2020 |archive-date=September 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926052326/https://www.aspph.org/dr-julio-frenk-to-receive-frank-a-calderone-prize-from-columbia-mailman-school-of-public-health/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, The [[University of Michigan]], (1982–1984).
* Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows, The [[University of Michigan]], (1982–1984).
*National researcher, Mexican Research System, Mexico City, (1984–1998).
* National researcher, Mexican Research System, Mexico City, (1984–1998).
*International Fellow in Health, The [[W.K. Kellogg Foundation]], (1986–1989).
* International Fellow in Health, The [[W.K. Kellogg Foundation]], (1986–1989).
*Member of the U.S. [[Institute of Medicine]]
* Member of the United States [[National Academy of Medicine]]
* Member of the [[Inter-American Dialogue]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thedialogue.org/experts/julio-frenk/|title=Inter-American Dialogue {{!}} Julio Frenk|website=www.thedialogue.org|access-date=2017-04-12|archive-date=April 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413153048/http://www.thedialogue.org/experts/julio-frenk/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Honors==
* The Julio Frenk Professorship of Public Health Leadership was established at the [[Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health]] at [[Harvard University]] with part of a September 2016, $10 million gift.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/10-million-anonymous-gift-to-harvards-public-health-school-supports-scholarships-doctoral-level-public-health-leadership-training/|title=$10 million anonymous gift to Harvard’s Public Health School supports scholarships, doctoral-level public health leadership training|date=September 12, 2016|website=News|access-date=September 13, 2016|archive-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219203102/https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/10-million-anonymous-gift-to-harvards-public-health-school-supports-scholarships-doctoral-level-public-health-leadership-training/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{es_icon}}[http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/gabinete/index.php?contenido=15038&gabinete=desarrollo Profile on the site of the Presidency of Mexico].
* {{in lang|es}} [http://fox.presidencia.gob.mx/gabinete/?contenido=15038 Profile on the site of the Presidency of Mexico] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629064817/http://fox.presidencia.gob.mx/gabinete/?contenido=15038 |date=June 29, 2013 }}.
*{{es_icon}}[http://www.salud.gob.mx/ Ministry of Health].
* {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20180308173627/http://www.salud.gob.mx/ Ministry of Health].
*[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/administrative-offices/deans-office/julio-frenk-dean Profile at the Harvard School of Public Health]
* [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/administrative-offices/deans-office/julio-frenk-dean Profile at the Harvard School of Public Health]
*[http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/administrative-offices/deans-office/julio-frenk-dean/speeches-events/index.html Speeches and Events, Harvard School of Public Health]
* [http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/administrative-offices/deans-office/julio-frenk-dean/speeches-events/index.html Speeches and Events, Harvard School of Public Health]
*[http://www.oecd.org/document/57/0,2340,en_21571361_30968861_31460345_1_1_1_1,00.html Profile] at the [[OECD]] website.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050727073612/http://www.oecd.org/document/57/0%2C2340%2Cen_21571361_30968861_31460345_1_1_1_1%2C00.html Profile] at the [[OECD]] website.
*[http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia_miami.html?id_nota=11275&tabla=miami ''Frenk supports pill, denies rift with Abascal'' Article] on ''[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]].''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061012124509/http://www2.eluniversal.com.mx/pls/impreso/noticia_miami.html?id_nota=11275&tabla=miami ''Frenk supports pill, denies rift with Abascal'' Article] on ''[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]].''{{dead link|date=August 2016}}
*http://www.juliofrenk2006who.org
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130725040926/http://juliofrenk2006who.org/
*[http://alex2.sunnybrook.ca/Mediasite/Viewer/?peid=08330c2f99bc49dbb856f62e34ab2a87 Dr Frenk gives a lecture on "Globalization and Health: Challenges to health systems in an interdependent world" on March 26, 2008]
* [http://alex2.sunnybrook.ca/Mediasite/Viewer/?peid=08330c2f99bc49dbb856f62e34ab2a87 Dr Frenk gives a lecture on "Globalization and Health: Challenges to health systems in an interdependent world" on March 26, 2008]
*http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7002127.stm
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7002127.stm Health centre targets LatAm poor]
*[[The Lancet]] - Vol. 371, Issue 9607, 12 January 2008
* [[The Lancet]] – Vol. 371, Issue 9607, January 12, 2008
*http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/112
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080914043151/http://www.thelancetglobalhealthnetwork.com/archives/112 Health System Reform in Mexico | The Lancet Global Health Network]
* [[Global Task Force on Expanded Access to Cancer Care and Control in Developing Countries]]


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Latest revision as of 15:32, 25 December 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Frenk and the second or maternal family name is Mora.
Julio Frenk
Frenk in April 2005
6th President of the
University of Miami
In office
August 16, 2015 – June 12, 2024
Preceded byDonna Shalala
Secretary of Health of Mexico
In office
December 1, 2000 – November 30, 2006
PresidentVicente Fox
Preceded byJosé Antonio González Fernández
Succeeded byJosé Ángel Córdova
Personal details
Born
Julio José Frenk Mora

(1953-12-20) December 20, 1953 (age 71)
Mexico City, Mexico
SpouseFelicia Knaul
Education
AwardsCalderone Prize (2018)
Scientific career
FieldsMedical care organization; Sociology
ThesisSocial origin, professional socialization, and labor market dynamics: the determinants of career preferences among medical interns in Mexico (1983)

Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is a Mexican public health scholar and sociologist, serving as the 7th chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles starting January 1, 2025.

Frenk graduated from the University of Michigan in 1983, receiving a Master of Public Health, a Master of Arts in sociology, and a joint PhD in medical care organization and sociology. 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 the 8th dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2009 to 2015 and as the 6th president of the University of Miami from 2019 to 2024.

Early life and education

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Frenk was born on December 20, 1953, in Mexico City. His father and grandfather, both of whom were physicians, were Jews who fled to Mexico from Nazi Germany.[1] His mother was Alicia Josefina Mora Alfaro, a Mexican biochemist. [2]

Frenk received an undergraduate medical degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City in 1979. He then attend the University of Michigan, where he received a Master of Public Health in 1981, a Master of Arts in sociology in 1982, and a joint Doctor of Philosophy in medical care organization and sociology in 1983.

Frenk is the brother of famed British astrophysicist Carlos Frenk.

Career

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Frenk with Mexican president Vicente Fox and education secretary Reyes Tamez in Los Pinos during the initialing ceremony of the National Institute of Genomic Medicine in July 2004
Frenk's official installation as the University of Miami's sixth president in January 2016
Frenk with wife Felicia Knaul in October 2018

In 1984, Frenk was appointed director of the Centre of Public Health Research in the Ministry of Health of Mexico, a role he held until 1987. Following that, he went on to serve as the founding director general of the National Institute of Public Health of Mexico from 1987 to 1992. From 1995 to 1998, he served as executive vice president of the Mexican Health Foundation, a private non-profit organization, and director of the organization's Centre for Health and the Economy.

Frenk also has served in several academic roles, including as a senior researcher at the National Institute of Public Health and as adjunct professor of medicine and national researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City. In 1992–1993, he was visiting professor at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies at Harvard University's Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

In 1993, he was an advisor on health reform for the government of Colombia, working alongside health economist Felicia Knaul. The two married in 1995, and settled in Mexico.[3]

In 1998, Frenk was appointed executive director of evidence and information for policy at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva.

Minister of Health of Mexico (2000–2006)

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Further information: Secretariat of Health (Mexico)

Following the election of Vicente Fox in Mexico's 2000 presidential election, Frenk was appointed minister of health of Mexico, a position he held until December 2006. In 2003, as Mexico's secretary of health, Frenk introduced a comprehensive national health insurance program called Seguro Popular, which expanded access to health care for tens of millions of previously uninsured Mexicans.[4]

In 2003, Frenk was among five final candidates for the position of director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) alongside Lee Jong-wook, Pascoal Mocumbi, Peter Piot, and Ismail Sallam; Lee was eventually appointed the position.[5]

In 2004, Frenk was criticized by tobacco control advocates for his role in cutting an unusual deal with tobacco companies in which Philip Morris and British American Tobacco agreed to donate $400 million for health programs in Mexico over two and a half years but reserved the right to cancel the donation if cigarette taxes were raised[6]

In September 2006, the Mexican government again nominated Frenk as a candidate for the leadership of the World Health Organization.[7] The British medical journal The Lancet published an editorial[8] endorsing Frenk as the best candidate while The Wall Street Journal reported that Frenk's controversial 2004 tobacco deal could hurt his chances for election.[6] Along with Elena Salgado, Kazem Behbehani, Margaret Chan, and Shigeru Omi, Frenk was one of the five finalists for the position, which was awarded to Chan in November 2006.

Harvard University School of Public Health (2009–2015)

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Further information: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Following his service as Mexico's minister of health, Frenk was tapped to serve as senior fellow in the global health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he counseled the foundation on global health issues and strategies.

Frenk subsequently served as dean of the faculty at Harvard University's Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health from 2009 until 2015.[9] While at Harvard, he was also the T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment made with the Harvard Kennedy School.[10] Under Frenk's leadership, Harvard's School of Public Health received its largest ever gift of $350 million and was renamed Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2014.[11]

In addition to his role as dean of Harvard School of Public Health, Frenk co-chaired, along with Lincoln Chen, the Commission on the Education of Health Professionals for the 21st Century, which published its final report in The Lancet in 2010. The report recommended that governments place the same emphasis on fighting cancer that they place on infectious diseases like AIDS and malaria.[12] He served on the High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development, co-chaired by Joaquim Chissano and Tarja Halonen, from 2012 to 2014.[13] In 2013, Frenk joined Vicente Fox and others in campaigning for marijuana legalization at a series of events in the United States and Mexico.[14]

In 2015, Frenk co-edited a collection of non-fiction essays on the subject of global health, "To Save Humanity," which included work from Michelle Bachelet, Larry Summers, Elton John, Frenk, and others.[15]

University of Miami (2015–2024)

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Further information: University of Miami

On April 13, 2015, the University of Miami announced the appointment of Frenk as the university's sixth president, succeeding Donna Shalala.[16] He was officially inaugurated on January 29, 2016.[17] In 2015, Frenk's salary as University of Miami president was $1.14 million.[18]

On June 12, 2024, the University of California, Los Angeles announced that Frenk would be joining UCLA as the university's chancellor on January 1, 2025.[19] The same day, the University of Miami announced that the university's chief executive officer, Joe Echevarria, had been appointed acting president of the University of Miami "effective immediately."[20] On June 19, 2023, the University of Miami student newspaper, The Miami Hurricane, labeled Frenk's departure "shocking", and criticized his leadership. "Frenk was rarely a prominent influence on UM’s campus," the student newspaper reported.[21]

Other activities

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Awards

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Honors

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References

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  1. ^ "A Global Health View". Harvard Magazine. March 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  2. ^ Bourges Rodríguez, Héctor (June 11, 2020). "Silvestre Félix Frenk Freund 1923-2020". Salud Pública de México. 62 (3): 348–351. doi:10.21149/11372 – via SciELO.
  3. ^ Goho, Alexandra (September 29, 2014). "Closing the Cancer Care Gap". Cancer Today. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Health System Reform in Mexico | the Lancet Global Health Network". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
  5. ^ Lawrence K. Altman (January 29, 2003), South Korean Nominated to Head W.H.O. Archived June 18, 2024, at the Wayback Machine New York Times.
  6. ^ a b John Lyons; Betsy McKay (October 24, 2006). "Tobacco Deal Haunts Contender for WHO Chief". Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ Horton, Richard (2006). "The next Director-General of WHO". The Lancet. 368 (9543): 1213–1214. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69496-8. PMID 17027707. S2CID 37755884. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2007.
  9. ^ Zachary Fagenson (April 13, 2015), Former Mexican health minister named University of Miami president Reuters.
  10. ^ Board of Directors: Julio Frenk Results for Development (R4D).
  11. ^ Sharon Begley (September 8, 2014), Harvard receives largest-ever gift, $350 million for public health Reuters
  12. ^ Donald G. McNeil Jr. (August 16, 2010), Cancer: Expert Panel Calls for Aggressive Fight Against Cancer in Poorer Countries Archived June 17, 2022, at the Wayback Machine New York Times.
  13. ^ Members Archived April 23, 2023, at the Wayback Machine High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development.
  14. ^ Gabriel Stargardter (July 20, 2013), Mexico could legalize marijuana in five years: former president Reuters.
  15. ^ "To Save Humanity Book Launch Julio Frenk". Vimeo. August 27, 2015. Archived from the original on August 22, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  16. ^ [1] Archived April 16, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Presidential Inauguration on Livestream". livestream.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  18. ^ Dhiraj, Amarendra (December 11, 2017). "America's Top 50 Highest Paid Private University Presidents". CEOWORLD magazine. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  19. ^ "Dr. Julio Frenk named first Latino chancellor of UCLA", University of California, June 12, 2024
  20. ^ "Announcement regarding President Julio Frenk". messages.miami.edu. Archived from the original on June 24, 2024. Retrieved June 24, 2024.
  21. ^ "Frenk's choice to leave UM before the centennial is shocking", The Miami Hurricane, June 19, 2024
  22. ^ Commission for Universal Health Archived June 24, 2022, at the Wayback Machine Chatham House.
  23. ^ The Commonwealth Fund (2010). "Dr. Julio Frenk to Join Commonwealth Fund Board of Directors" (http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/News/News-Releases/2010/Jul/Dr-Julio-Frenk.aspx Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine). Commonwealthfund.org
  24. ^ Senior Advisoy Board Archived October 20, 2020, at the Wayback Machine Exemplars in Global Health.
  25. ^ Board of Directors: Julio Frenk Miami-Dade Beacon Council.
  26. ^ Julio Frenk Elected to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Board of Trustees Archived July 24, 2021, at the Wayback Machine Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), press release of January 29, 2015.
  27. ^ Board of Directors: Julio Frenk United Nations Foundation.
  28. ^ "Dr. Julio Frenk to Receive Frank A. Calderone Prize from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health". ASPPH. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  29. ^ "Inter-American Dialogue | Julio Frenk". www.thedialogue.org. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  30. ^ "$10 million anonymous gift to Harvard's Public Health School supports scholarships, doctoral-level public health leadership training". News. September 12, 2016. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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 Secretary of Health
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