Dr Fanny Franchini joined the Cancer Health Services Research (CHSR) as a Research Fellow in April 2019. Fanny obtained her PhD in Clinical Medicine from the University of Oxford in 2017.

During her studies and her postdoc, she focused on the tumour micro-environment and immune regulatory networks in colorectal cancer and metastatic disease. Fanny then joined Health Data Insight in 2018 as a data science intern, where she worked on a project concerned with analysing large sets of prescription history data with the aim of inferring symptoms and co-morbidities in cancer patients. Inspired by that experience, Fanny is dedicated to bring together her passion for cancer research and data science in a way that has a direct impact on public health, with the aim to improve prevention and precision medicine for patients. Aside from her research, Fanny cares deeply about public engagement and has been closely involved with public outreach programmes aimed to raise interest in cancer research, engaging with patients and fundraisers. CHSR is a group of the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research (UMCCR), bringing together university leaders committed to improving the outcomes and quality of life for people affected by cancer