Since 2015, Dr. Julio Frenk has been President of the University of Miami. He also holds academic appointments as Professor of Public Health Sciences at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, as Professor of Health Sector Management and Policy at the Miami Business School, and as Professor of Sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences.

Prior to joining the University of Miami, he was the Dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, a joint appointment with the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Dr. Frenk served as the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. There, he pursued an ambitious agenda to reform the nation’s health system and introduced a program of comprehensive universal coverage, which expanded access to health care for more than 55 million previously uninsured persons.

He was the founding Director-general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, one of the leading institutions of its kind in the developing world. He also served as Executive Eirector in charge of Evidence and Information for Policy at the World Health Organization and as Senior Fellow in the Global Health program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, among other leadership positions.

Dr. Frenk holds a medical degree from the National University of Mexico, as well as a Master of Public Health and a joint PhD in Medical Care Organization and in Sociology from the University of Michigan.

He has published 180 papers in academic journals and 140 articles in cultural magazines and newspapers, as well as many books and book chapters. His scholarly production has been cited more than 21,000 times. In addition, he has written four best-selling novels for youngsters explaining the functions of the human body.

He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the U.S. National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Medicine of Mexico, and El Colegio Nacional (the most prestigious learned society of scientists, intellectuals and artists in Mexico). He serves on the boards of the United Nations Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and chairs the board of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.

Dr. Frenk has received numerous recognitions, including the Clinton Global Citizen Award, the Bouchet Leadership Medal presented by Yale University for promoting diversity in graduate education, and the Welch-Rose Award from the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, as well as honorary degrees from eight universities.