HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
This community gathers scientists engaged in Australian-French research projects in the field of Health and Medical Sciences. The community counts more than a hundred of members specialised in a broad range of areas such as cancer, obesity and psychology.
NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES
DISCOVER SOME PROJECTS RUN WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
ACTIVITY OF THE COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY LEADER
FREDERIC HOLLANDE
Fred heads the Dept of Clinical Pathology and undertakes research activities at the University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, located within the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC). He works in the field of cancer cell and translational biology. He worked for CNRS from 1996 to 2011. He was the co-funder and the joint-scientific director of a biotech company from 2007 to 2011. He has maintained strong collaborative relationships with French colleagues and heads the Australian node of an INSERM/CNRS Laboratoire International Associé (LIA) in partnership with the Cancer Research Centre of Lyon (CRCL, Professor Alain Puisieux).
PARTNERS INVOLVED
AFRAN is a proud partner of the Australian Global Health Alliance
The Australian Global Health Alliance is the member-based peak body for Australian global health organisations, with a mandate to strengthen the global health ecosystem through national and global connections, partnerships, research, and innovation, promoting best practices in global health, and advocacy.
The Alliance's membership is diverse, ranging from universities and research institutes to international and national non-government organisations or peak bodies, to government entities and public private partnerships.
Founded in 2016 by a number of Australian global health organisations and leaders, the Alliance is currently the only OECD country global health alliance with a commitment to First Nations global health equity as part of its foundational mandate.
The Alliance also hosts the secretariats of the Australian Network of WHO Collaborating Centres and Pacific Friends of Global Health.