Prof José Frantz is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor: Research and Innovation at the University of the Western Cape. She was previously the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the university. Prof Frantz has a background in health professions education and holds a doctorate in physiotherapy from the University of the Western Cape and is a past fellow and faculty of The Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), Philadephia, US. She also participated in the Oxford University Leadership programme. Her commitment to human capacity development is reflected in the numbers of Master’s (44) and PhD students (19) that she has supervised and her academic activities in terms of
teaching, learning and research.