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Françoise Meunier: I am honoured that my initiative received once more the support of this presidency

Photo of Françoise Meunier taken from LinkedIn

Dec 15, 2023, 17:44

Françoise Meunier: I am honoured that my initiative received once more the support of this presidency

Françoise Meunier posted the following on LinkedIn:

“I am beyond delighted to announce that the High-Level Conference on Ending Discrimination Against Cancer Survivors that I am organising on 15 February will be convened under the auspices of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Belgium is indeed one of the pioneers in championing the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors, and continues to lead the way.

In 2010 during Belgium‘s last presidency of the Council of the EU, I organised a first conference on the future of cancer clinical research in Europe and I am honoured that my initiative received once more the support of this presidency.

If you would like to read more on the conference, you may visit the dedicated webpage here.

Fonds Cancer ASBL – Académie royale de Médecine de Belgique de Médecine de Belgique – De Koninklijke Academie voor Geneeskunde van België – Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024”

Françoise Meunier: I am honoured that my initiative received once more the support of this presidency

Source: Françoise Meunier/LinkedIn

Françoise Meunier dedicated her professional life to improving the survival and QoL of cancer patients. Prof. Meunier served as Director-General of the European organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (1991-2015), where she remained active until 2018 as Director of Special Projects, being the driving force behind cancer survivorship activities. Since 2014, she has been pursuing activities on the Right to be Forgotten for cancer survivors, advocating for the creation of a harmonised legal framework to tackle discrimination against cancer survivors. Prior to joining the EORTC, Françoise Meunier was Head of Infectious Diseases Department at Institute Jules Bordet. Prof. Meunier was awarded the Belgian Laureate Prix Femmes d’Europe 2004-2005, conferred the title of Baroness by His Majesty, King Albert II of Belgium in 2007, received the Pezcoller Foundation award in 2009, became a Fellow of the European Academy of Cancer Sciences in 2011, joined the Scientific Committee of the Innovative Medicine Initiative of the European Union in 2012, received the ECCO Life time achievement award in 2013, awarded a Ben de Pauw Medal for her dedication to Medical Mycology in 2013, appointed council member of the Federation of European Academies of Medicine in 2014, appointed Chair of Accreditation Council of Oncology in Europe and Member of Alliance for Biomedical Research in Europe in 2015, and has been a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Medicine since 2006.