Felicia Knaul

Felicia Knaul
Knaul, right, with husband Julio Frenk, in 2018
Born
Felicia Marie Knaul

(1966-04-24) April 24, 1966
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma materHarvard University
University of Toronto
SpouseJulio Frenk
Scientific career
FieldsCancer
Health systems
Women's health
InstitutionsUniversity of Miami
Harvard University
ThesisYoung workers, street life and gender : the effect of education and work experience on earnings in Colombia (1995)
Websitepresident.miami.edu/about/felicia-knaul

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.