Fanny Franchini

Dr Fanny Franchini is a Senior Research Fellow and Senior Data Scientist at the Cancer Health Services Research Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. She holds a PhD in Clinical Medicine from the University of Oxford, specializing in tumour micro-environment and immune regulatory networks in colorectal cancer. Her work bridges clinical medicine and data science to improve cancer care equity, precision medicine development, and policy-informing research. She utilizes clinical registries and population-based datasets to enhance treatment outcomes and reduce disease burden.

Her research focuses on immune-related adverse events from immunotherapy, cost-effectiveness of genomic medicine, and deintensification strategies in oncology. She has pioneered the PRIMCAT models for predicting population health economic impacts of cancer treatments and led projects like AUSTRALI-AVE evaluating real-world treatment patterns. Fanny actively engages in public outreach to promote cancer awareness and teaches R/data science methods to foster research collaboration.

Her work emphasizes actionable insights for healthcare policies, including analyses of travel distance impacts on palliative radiotherapy access and socioeconomic factors influencing Medicare costs. She collaborates with patient groups to advance consumer-led research and advocates for interdisciplinary approaches in healthcare delivery.