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68
Citations
31750
World Ranking
834
National Ranking
398

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Julio Frenk is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Medicine, with a focus on organizational behavior and human resource management, general health professions, finance, public health, environmental and occupational health, and oncology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
  • Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation

They have published research in several venues, among which the most frequent are:

  • The Lancet
  • Telemedicine Journal and e-Health
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Americas
  • Social Sciences
  • Acta bioethica

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Julio Frenk include:

  • Challenges and opportunities for educating health professionals after the COVID-19 pandemic, 2022, The Lancet
  • Telemedicine and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Lessons for the Future, 2020, Telemedicine Journal and e-Health (Authored by Rashid L. Bashshur)
  • Beyond the COVID Pandemic, Telemedicine, and Health Care, 2020, Telemedicine Journal and e-Health (Authored by Rashid L. Bashshur)
  • Punt Politics as Failure of Health System Stewardship: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in Brazil and Mexico, 2021, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas (Authored by Felícia Marie Knaul)
  • Setbacks in the quest for universal health coverage in Mexico: polarised politics, policy upheaval, and pandemic disruption, 2023, The Lancet (Authored by Felícia Marie Knaul)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Octavio Gómez-Dantés, Felícia Marie Knaul, Michael Touchton, Rashid L. Bashshur, and Charles R. Doarn.

Julio Frenk has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2011 and a member of the National Academy of Medicine since 1993.

Best Publications

  • Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

    Julio Frenk;Lincoln Chen;Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta;Jordan Cohen

  • [Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation].

    Dean T. Jamison;Lawrence H. Summers;George Alleyne;Kenneth J. Arrow

  • A framework for assessing the performance of health systems

    Christopher J.L. Murray;Julio Frenk

  • Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage: the Lancet Commission report

    Felicia Marie Knaul;Paul E Farmer;Eric L Krakauer;Eric L Krakauer;Liliana De Lima

  • Health metrics and evaluation: strengthening the science

    Christopher J L Murray;Christopher J L Murray;Julio Frenk;Julio Frenk

  • Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action.

    Paul Farmer;Julio Frenk;Felicia M Knaul;Lawrence N Shulman

  • World Health Report 2000: a step towards evidence-based health policy.

    Christopher Murray;Julio Frenk

  • The quest for universal health coverage: achieving social protection for all in Mexico

    Felicia Marie Knaul;Eduardo González-Pier;Octavio Gómez-Dantés;David García-Junco

  • The political origins of health inequity: prospects for change

    Ole Petter Ottersen;Jashodhara Dasgupta;Chantal Blouin;Paulo Buss

  • Health Professionals for a New Century: Transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdependent world

    Julio Frenk;Lincoln Chen;Jordan Cohen;Nigel Crisp

  • Sistema de salud de México

    Octavio Gómez Dantés;Sergio Sesma;Victor M. Becerril;Felicia M. Knaul

  • Structured pluralism: towards an innovative model for health system reform in Latin America.

    Juan Luis Londoño;Julio Frenk

  • Comprehensive reform to improve health system performance in Mexico

    Julio Frenk;Eduardo González-Pier;Octavio Gómez-Dantés;Miguel A Lezana

  • Health transition in middle-income countries: new challenges for health care

    Julio Frenk;Joseé L Bobadilla;Jaime SEPUúLVEDA;Malaquias Loópez Cervantes

  • Women and Health: the key for sustainable development

    Ana Langer;Afaf Meleis;Felicia M Knaul;Rifat Atun

  • Governance Challenges in Global Health

    Julio Frenk;Suerie Moon

  • Defining and measuring health inequality: an approach based on the distribution of health expectancy.

    E. E. Gakidou;C. J. L. Murray;J. Frenk

  • Elements for a theory of the health transition

    Frenk J;Bobadilla Jl;Stern C;Frejka T

  • The global health system: strengthening national health systems as the next step for global progress.

    Julio Frenk

  • Health inequalities and social group differences: what should we measure?

    C. J. L. Murray;E. E. Gakidou;J. Frenk

Frequent Co-Authors

Felicia Marie Knaul
Felicia Marie Knaul University of Miami
Lincoln C. Chen
Lincoln C. Chen China Medical Board
Dean T. Jamison
Dean T. Jamison University of California, San Francisco
John-Arne Røttingen
John-Arne Røttingen The Research Council of Norway
Rifat Atun
Rifat Atun Harvard University
Timothy G. Evans
Timothy G. Evans McGill University
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis University of Pennsylvania
Devi Sridhar
Devi Sridhar University of Edinburgh
Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer Harvard University
Agnes Binagwaho
Agnes Binagwaho Harvard University

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