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Julio Frenk


Julio Frenk, an eminent authority on global health who served as the Minister of Health of Mexico from 2000 to 2006, will become the new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH).

Frenk will assume the deanship in January 2009, succeeding Barry R. Bloom, who will step down as dean at the end of December following a decade of distinguished service.

A former visiting professor at HSPH, Frenk was the founding director-general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico, one of the leading institutions of health education and research in the developing world.
  • Dr. Frenk's remarks at a reception held in his honor on Sept. 5, 2008. A transcript of Dr. Frenk's remarks is available.
  • Press release announcing Dr. Frenk's selection as dean.
  • Dr. Frenk delivers the address at the 2007 HSPH Commencement Exercises.

    • Webcast requires RealPlayer as well as a broadband connection to the internet. [download RealPlayer]

  • 2006 lecture by Dr. Frenk as part of the Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series.