{"id":6390,"date":"2024-10-07T20:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T03:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/acerca-de-la-oficina\/julio-frenk"},"modified":"2026-06-25T08:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:18:06","slug":"chancellor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/es\/about\/chancellor","title":{"rendered":"Julio Frenk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rector<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ucla-gold-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ucla-gold-background-color has-background is-style-ucla-full-align-left\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e9dico de cuarta generaci\u00f3n, Julio Frenk transform\u00f3 la profunda gratitud que siente por quienes ayudaron a sus abuelos paternos \u2013 quienes huyeron de Alemania a principios de la d\u00e9cada de 1930 para construir una nueva vida en M\u00e9xico \u2013 en una misi\u00f3n de vida dedicada a mejorar la salud, la educaci\u00f3n y el bienestar de las personas en todo el mundo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Frenk se convirti\u00f3 en el s\u00e9ptimo rector de UCLA el 1 de enero de 2025. Tambi\u00e9n es profesor distinguido en el Departamento de Pol\u00edtica y Gesti\u00f3n de Salud de UCLA en la Escuela de Salud P\u00fablica Fielding de UCLA. Antes de unirse a UCLA, se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como presidente de la Universidad de Miami de 2015 a 2024, donde tambi\u00e9n fue profesor titular. De 2009 a 2015 fue decano de la Escuela de Salud P\u00fablica T.H. Chan de Harvard y titular de la c\u00e1tedra T &amp; G Angelopoulos de Salud P\u00fablica y Desarrollo Internacional, un nombramiento conjunto con la Escuela Kennedy de Gobierno de Harvard. Es el primer latino en encabezar estas instituciones de educaci\u00f3n superior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized -mr-88px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"804\" src=\"https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk1.jpg\" alt=\"Julio Frenk con una corbata amarilla.\" class=\"wp-image-4585\" style=\"width:476px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk1.jpg 952w, https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk1-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk1-768x649.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Julio Frenk se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como secretario federal de salud de M\u00e9xico de 2000 a 2006. All\u00ed, impuls\u00f3 una agenda ambiciosa para reformar el sistema de salud de la naci\u00f3n e introdujo un programa de cobertura universal integral, conocido como <em>Seguro Popular<\/em>, que ampli\u00f3 el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para m\u00e1s de 55 millones de personas que antes no ten\u00edan seguro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fue el director general fundador del Instituto Nacional de Salud P\u00fablica de M\u00e9xico, una de las instituciones l\u00edderes de su tipo en el mundo en desarrollo. Tambi\u00e9n se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 como director ejecutivo a cargo de evidencia e informaci\u00f3n para la formulaci\u00f3n de pol\u00edticas en la Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud y como miembro s\u00e9nior del programa de salud global de la Fundaci\u00f3n Bill y Melinda Gates, entre otros puestos de liderazgo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ucla-gold-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ucla-gold-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-darker-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Me veo como un constructor de puentes, formado por la experiencia y la conexi\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de las diferencias. Mi vida abarca los Estados Unidos, M\u00e9xico y Suiza, y mi familia de m\u00fasicos, escritores, cient\u00edficos y m\u00e9dicos vincula las artes, las ciencias y las humanidades. A trav\u00e9s de mi trabajo en el mundo acad\u00e9mico y las pol\u00edticas p\u00fablicas, me he esforzado por conectar el conocimiento y la acci\u00f3n al servicio del bien com\u00fan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-ucla-gold-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-ucla-gold-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Rector Frenk tiene un t\u00edtulo de medicina de la Universidad Nacional de M\u00e9xico, as\u00ed como una maestr\u00eda en salud p\u00fablica y un doctorado conjunto en organizaci\u00f3n de los servicios de salud y sociolog\u00eda de la Universidad de Michigan. Ha recibido t\u00edtulos honor\u00edficos de 14 universidades de los Estados Unidos, Canad\u00e1, Europa y M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Su producci\u00f3n acad\u00e9mica, que incluye cerca de 200 art\u00edculos en revistas acad\u00e9micas, as\u00ed como muchos libros y cap\u00edtulos de libros, ha sido citada m\u00e1s de 40.000 veces. Adem\u00e1s, ha escrito cinco novelas para j\u00f3venes que explican las funciones del cuerpo humano, la primera de las cuales se ha publicado ininterrumpidamente desde 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized -ml-88px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"952\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk2.jpg\" alt=\"Julio Frenk hablando en un estudio.\" class=\"wp-image-4587\" style=\"width:476px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk2.jpg 952w, https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk2-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chancellor.ucla.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/frenk2-768x660.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 952px) 100vw, 952px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Frenk es miembro de la Academia Estadounidense de las Artes y las Ciencias, la Academia Nacional de Medicina de los Estados Unidos, la Academia Nacional de Medicina de M\u00e9xico y El Colegio Nacional (la sociedad erudita m\u00e1s prestigiosa de cient\u00edficos, intelectuales y artistas en M\u00e9xico). Ha recibido numerosos premios, incluido el Clinton Global Citizen Award por cambiar la forma en que los profesionales y los responsables pol\u00edticos de todo el mundo piensan sobre la salud, la Medalla Bouchet al Liderazgo Sobresaliente otorgada por la Universidad de Yale por promover la diversidad en la educaci\u00f3n de posgrado, y el Premio Welch-Rose por Servicio Distinguido de la Asociaci\u00f3n de Escuelas y Programas de Salud P\u00fablica. 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