Felicia Knaul
Felicia Knaul | |
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Knaul, right, with husband Julio Frenk, in 2018 | |
| Born | Felicia Marie Knaul April 24, 1966 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Harvard University University of Toronto |
| Spouse | Julio Frenk |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cancer Health systems Women's health |
| Institutions | University of Miami Harvard University |
| Thesis | Young workers, street life and gender : the effect of education and work experience on earnings in Colombia (1995) |
| Website | president |
Felicia Marie Knaul (born April 24, 1966) is a British-Canadian health economist who is director of the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas and a professor at the Miller School of Medicine. She is an economist with the Mexican Health Foundation and president of the non-governmental organization Tómatelo a Pecho, an advocacy organisation that promote women's health in Latin America. Her research and leadership has focused around raising awareness of breast cancer in low and middle income countries.