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...Julio Frenk, the incoming dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and former minister of health of Mexico, was honored last week with a Clinton Global Citizen Award for his innovative work in the field of global health...
...awards, in only their second year, are presented by the Clinton Global Initiative to “recognize remarkable individuals for outstanding leadership and innovation in solving global challenges.” In selecting Frenk, the organization cited his career dedicated to improving the health of millions, crediting Frenk with having “changed the way practitioners and policy makers across the world think about health...
...Julio Frenk, a global health expert who served as health minister under former Mexican President Vicente Fox, will become dean of the Harvard School of Public Health as of January 1, according to a statement released by the University today...
...Frenk emphasized the global nature of public health in a phone interview on Tuesday, saying that his top priority as dean would be to strengthen the school’s rapport with the rest of the world. Frenk, who was health minister from 2000 to 2006, was the founding director-general of Mexico's National Institute of Public Health and later served as an executive director of the World Health Organization. He is currently a senior fellow in the global health program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation."In these and other leadership roles, he has emerged over...
After leaving the health ministry, Frenk was considered a leading candidate for the directorship of World Health Organization, and even won the endorsement of the renowned British medical journal, The Lancet.Frenk, who started his career as an academic researcher before moving into the policy arena, said that he does not expect his position as dean to be all that different from his previous post as health minister. He emphasized that his tenure as minister was characterized by the use of scientific knowledge to guide policy. “For me, it’s all grounded in my firm belief...