Françoise Meunier is a Belgian medical doctor and former director general of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC).
Biography
Françoise Meunier 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 United States. 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 City (United States). 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 and honours
- Fulbright Prize (1977)
- Research Fellow of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York City (1977 and 1978)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) – Great Britain (1994)
- Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine (Royal Colleges of Physicians) – Great Britain (1995)
- Membre of the Collège belge de Médecine Pharmaceutique (BCPM) (2001)
- Belgian Laureate Prix Femmes d'Europe 2004-2005.
- Member of the Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique (since 2006)
- Pezcoller-ECCO Prize for her contributions to Oncology (2009)
She was raised to the rank of baroness by Albert II in 2007.