Who: Dr. Julio Frenk, 61
New role: President of the University of Miami, starting in September. Frenk, the university's first Hispanic president, replaces former HHS Secretary Donna Shalala, who has led the university since 2001.
From the Ivy League: Frenk has been dean of faculty at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health for the past six years. He facilitated a $350 million gift that resulted in the renaming of the school and increased fundraising by nearly 300% in four years. He also helped the school increase admissions and redefine its mission, and made it an early adopter of massive open online courses, known as MOOCs.
Reforming healthcare in Mexico: As Mexico's minister of health from 2000 to 2006, Frenk introduced a universal health insurance program known as Seguro Popular. He also was founding director general of the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico and founding director of the country's Center for Public Health Research.
Leader in public health: As a senior fellow at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Frenk helped secure $105 million in initial funding for the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, of which he became founding board chairman. He also served as executive director of evidence and information for policy at the World Health Organization.
