Françoise Meunier

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EORTC Director General 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 Medecine 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.