Françoise Meunier

Françoise Meunier is a Belgian medical doctor and Director General of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).

She graduated as a Medical Doctor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in 1974 and obtained a Master of Medical Oncology at the ULB in 1976. In 1977 she certified before the "Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates" (ECFMG) in the USA. She obtained a Fulbright Prize in 1977 and in 1977 and 1978 worked as a Research Fellow at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York (USA). She obtained a Master in Internal Medicine at the ULB in 1979 and a PhD and Venia legendi in 1985. In 1990 she obtained a "Certificate in Hospital Hygiene" at the ULB.

In 1994 she became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in the United Kingdom and in 1995 a Fellow (by distinction) of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (Royal Colleges of Physicians). In 2001 she became a member of the Belgian College of Pharmaceutical Medicine (BCPM) and in 2003 graduated as "Specialist in Health Database Management" (Belgian Health Ministry). As of 2006, she is a member of the "Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique".

Awards

* Belgian Laureate "Prix Femmes d'Europe 2004-2005".

ource

* [http://www.fcem.ws/index.cfm?&id=C4C10268-1109-76C3-DEC9245F04257F3C&cr=3&lg=en Speech of Dr. Françoise Meunier, laureate of the prize "Women of Europe"] Brussels, 13 July, 2005
* [http://ec.europa.eu/research/news-centre/en/med/02-03-med05.html Because clinical research is fundamental]

ee also

* Belgian Cancer Registry Foundation

External links

* [http://www.eortc.be/about/People/MEUNIER.HTM Françoise Meunier]