Françoise Meunier

She is also the Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium (ARMB), a member of the Science Policy Committee of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS), and a member of the Steering Committee of the Network on Survivorship and Quality of Life at the European Cancer Organisation (ECO).

She also serves on the Scientific Committee of Cancer Patients Europe (CPE) and board member of Centre Scientifique de Monaco.

Françoise Meunier (born October 30, 1949, in Ath, Belgium) is a Belgian medical doctor, researcher, and advocate in oncology.

Certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) in 1977, she earned a Fulbright Prize the same year and served as a research fellow at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City (1917 – 1978).

In 2023, she launched a dedicated website as a key resource of information and to promote awareness about existing measures addressing the financial discrimination cancer survivors face, and in 2024, under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, organised a high-level conference bringing together policymakers, healthcare professionals, and advocates.

Former EORTC Director General & Founder of European Initiative on Ending Disciminiation Against Cancer Survivors , Françoise Meunier