September 25 – Julio Frenk with Larry Mantle
Can American's Universities Survive the Current Assault? A Conversation with UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk
Julio Frenk
Julio Frenk is a leading global health researcher who has held positions in government and academia, both in the U.S. and Mexico – became UCLA’s seventh chancellor on January 1, 2025. Before joining UCLA, Frenk served as the president of the University of Miami and as dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. As federal secretary of health of Mexico, Frenk implemented a groundbreaking program that expanded access to healthcare to over 55 million uninsured individuals. Frenk was the founding director-general of Mexico’s National Institute of Public Health and has held senior roles at the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Chancellor Frenk earned his MD from the National University of Mexico, as well as master of public health and joint Ph.D. in medical care organization and sociology from the University of Michigan.
Larry Mantle
Patt Morrison has a share of two Pulitzer Prizes as a longtime Los Angeles Times writer and columnist. As a public television and radio broadcaster, she has won six Emmys and a dozen Golden Mike awards. Her first book, “Rio LA,” about the Los Angeles River, was a bestseller. Her most recent book is, “Don’t Stop the Presses! Truth, Justice, and the American Newspaper.”